Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV le Bien-Aimé (the Well-Beloved). 1715–1774. AR Écu de France (38mm, 24.31 g, 6h). Lille mint; différents: bar/lozenge. Claude-François Hardy, engraver. Jean-Baptiste Baret, director. Dated 1723 W. Duplessy 1665A; Ciani 2107; KM 459.1. In NGC encapsulation graded UNC DETAILS/Surface hairlines. Superbly toned and beautifully struck uncirculated. Quite scarce as a type in choice grade.


Purchased from Bowers & Ruddy, May 1972.