Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV le Bien-Aimé (the Well-Beloved). 1715–1774. AR Vingtième d'écu au bandeau (18mm, 1.54 g, 6h). Bayonne mint; différents: pellets flanking tulips in saltire/rose. Christophe Rossy, engraver. Pierre d'Arippe, director. Dated 1766 L. Duplessy 1684; Ciani 2128; KM 510.8. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 66 WINGS APPROVED. Gem toned uncirculated with fantastic moderate lustrous patina. A fantastic coin, with only one other in MS 66. Gadoury R3.


Purchased from M. Louis Teller, February 1979.