XVI. Louis (French: Louis Auguste; Versailles, Kingdom of France, 23 August 1754 – Paris, Republic of France, 21 January 1793) was the King of France who was Dauphin of France between 1765 and 1774, then King of France XVI. His grandfather, Louis XV. Louis-Auguste, the future XVI. Lajos was born on August 23, 1754. His father, Louis, the Dauphin of France, was the heir to the French throne.Louis-Auguste was the eldest son of his father to survive childhood; when his father died in 1765, he became the new heir to the throne. In 1770, he married Archduchess Mária Antonia from the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. Marie Antoinette was blamed by a large part of the public for the fact that no children were born in the early years of their marriage. 1774- After coming to power, the first half of his reign was marked by reforming the French government in the spirit of enlightened absolutism. These measures included attempts to liberate serfdom, the abolition of the land tax, the abolition of the death penalty for military deserters, and tolerance towards non-Catholics. From 1776, Louis actively supported the American Revolutionary War. The resulting lack of state caused a financial crisis, which contributed to the unpopularity of the ancien régime, which led to the outbreak of the revolution in 1789. The French small and middle class rebelled against the perceived wasteful system of aristocracy and absolute monarchy, whose chief representative was Louis's wife, Marie Antoinette. was considered a queen. 1792. XVI began on December 11. The trial of Lajos, after he summoned him before the Convention on this day and presented his 33 accusations to him. The judges of "Capet Lajos" sentenced him to death a month later, and he was executed on January 23, 1793, and the proceedings against him set a terrible precedent. for the revolution. The life and reign of Ágost Louis speaks volumes about the age of the French Revolution and the decline of the absolute monarchy that preceded it. The memory of the king with a tragic fate lives on in the pages of history to this day.

XVI. The coinage of Louis (1774-1792) marked the last stage of the golden age of the French kingdom. The king strove to reform the financial system, and to this end minted many new coins. The introduction of a new gold coin, the Louis d'or. The coin weighed 6.75 grams and was worth 24 livres. New silver coin, the introduction of the écu. The coin weighed 25.9 grams and was worth 6 livres. Reducing the weight and value of smaller copper and silver coins. The goal of the king's financial reforms was to boost the economy and improve the kingdom's financial situation. However, the reforms were not successful, and after the outbreak of the great French Revolution in the XVI. Louis was executed. Among the coins minted by the king, the Louis gold is one of the most valuable French gold coins. The obverse of the coin shows the portrait of the king, and the obverse shows the coat of arms of the French kingdom. Louis gold is still highly valued by numismatists.