Definition

• A nickname used to designate a type of Louis d'Or, struck by Louis XVI in 1777 and later. The two shields of France and Navarre on the reverse were supposed to resemble a pair of spectacles.

  The Louis aux Lunettes was of the same design. See Brillenthaler.

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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