Definition

• corresponding to the Italian scudo, meant originally a shield, from the device on the coin. Similarly the Dutch employ the term S child, the Spaniards Escudo, etc.

  The silver Ecu, or Ecu Blanc, as it is frequently called, appeared under Louis XIII in 1641, and had a value of sixty Suls. There were also struck a aumber of sub-divisions. See Hoffmann (passim). Under Louis XV the value of the Ecu varied at three, five, and six Livres, and under Louis XVI if was made equal to the latter figure.

Source

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

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