Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV le Bien-Aimé (the Well-Beloved). 1715–1774. AR Écu au bandeau «à la vieille tête» (39mm, 29.41 g, 6h). Rouen mint; différents: swan/cow. Nicolas Anselme Belin(?), engraver. Guillaume Pantin, director. Dated 1774 B. Duplessy 1685; Ciani 2129; KM 551.3. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 62. Choice lustrous faintly toned BU. This is the finest "à la vieille tête" we have ever seen and the highest ever graded. A wonder coin for type.


Ex Irving Goodman Collection (Superior Stamp & Coin, 2 June 1996), lot 3558.