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Louis XIV gold 2 Louis d'Or 1702-A UNC Details (Obverse Scratched) NGC, Paris mint, KM335.1. Overstruck on a 1694 2 Louis d'Or of the same monarch (cf. KM303.1 for type). A denomination that is universally craved in Mint State grades, and about just as often found overstruck on earlier coins, the present offering showing all of the signs of its pleasing state of preservation, and even stronger evidence of its undertype while evincing remarkably little of the weakness often encountered in the issue. Even with the noted scratches, appearing in the region about the king's nose, this example strikes the viewer as fully presentable, the minimal impact of this imperfection aided by prominent traces of the undertype, and is perhaps a more attainable specimen than regular Mint States examples, which can quickly escalate over $7000.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
Louis XIV gold 2 Louis d'Or 1702-A UNC Details (Obverse Scratched) NGC, Paris mint, KM335.1. Overstruck on a 1694 2 Louis d'Or of the same monarch (cf. KM303.1 for type). A denomination that is universally craved in Mint State grades, and about just as often found overstruck on earlier coins, the present offering showing all of the signs of its pleasing state of preservation, and even stronger evidence of its undertype while evincing remarkably little of the weakness often encountered in the issue. Even with the noted scratches, appearing in the region about the king's nose, this example strikes the viewer as fully presentable, the minimal impact of this imperfection aided by prominent traces of the undertype, and is perhaps a more attainable specimen than regular Mint States examples, which can quickly escalate over $7000.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD