Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV le Bien-Aimé (the Well-Beloved), 1715–1774. Louis d'or au bandeau 1741 (Gold, 23 mm, 8.13 g, 6 h), Nantes. LUD XV D G FR ET NAV REX Head of Louis XV to left, tied with a ribbon. Rev. CHRS REGN VINC IMPER (lion) 1741 Oval shields of France and Navarre under one crown, mintmark T below. Fr. 464. Gad. 341. Duplessy 1643. Small scratches, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Pierre & Gertrud Matthey, formed from the 1970s to the 1990s.