ROYAL
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Estimate €2,000

Description

FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL Louis XVI (1774–1792). Half-louis d’or with spectacles, 1784, A, Paris. Obv. LUD. XVI. D. G. FR. – ET NAV. REX. Bust of the King facing left, in an embroidered coat, wearing the Order of the Holy Spirit, with his hair tied at the nape of the neck with a ribbon. DUVIV on the edge of the bust; below, (variant). Rev. CHRS. REGN. VINC. IMPER (variant) (date). Slanted oval escutcheons of France and Navarre, beneath a crown; below, (mint mark). Dy.1705 - G.357 - Fr.472; Gold - 4.08 g - 20.5 mm - 6 h This is the second-highest grade! NGC AU 50 (8583596-018). The ‘4’ in the date appears to have been overprinted on a ‘3’ (die prepared but not used?). Slightly flattened strike with the rim pinched in places. Wear is even. TTB. This very rare type was struck only in limited quantities in Paris in 1775 (585 examples) and 1784 (766 examples), Bayonne in 1776 (683 copies) and Limoges in 1777, which is the least rare mint for this type (2,241 copies)

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1358 - FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL See original version (French)

1358 - FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
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