Note 115 — III
Reading edition
les louis, etc., the louis d'or was first struck in 1640 under Louis XIII., for whom the coin was named. For a century and a half it ranged in value from $4.00 to $4.60, and at the time of the revolution was worth 23.60 francs. Under the republican and Napoleonic governments, the new twenty-franc gold piece came to be styled louis, and by many is still so called.