Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV le Bien-Aimé (the Well-Beloved). 1715–1774. AR Demi-écu au bandeau (33mm, 14.69 g, 6h). Paris mint; différents: heron/cross fleury. Charles-Norbert Röettiers, engraver. Jean Dupeyron I, director. Dated 1768 A. Duplessy 1681; Ciani 2125; KM 516.1. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 62. Deep violet patina evenly distributed over the entire coin. A few planchet flaws on the obverse. Only coin of the date ever graded.


Purchased from World-Wide Coins of California, July 1976.