FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV le Bien-Aimé (the Well-Beloved). 1715–1774. AR Pièce de vingt sols de Navarre – sixième d'écu (22mm, 4.01 g, 6h). Lille mint; différents: oblique bar/diamond. Claude-François Hardy, engraver. Jean-Baptiste Baret, director. Dated 1719 W. Duplessy 1661; Ciani 2105; KM –. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 63. Deeply toned obverse with very lustrous deep toned reverse.
Purchased from Fred Werner, May 1972.