France 1760-Pau 2 louis d'or

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Heritage sale 3106, lot 33579
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 33579 in Heritage sale 3106 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,620. The catalog description[1] noted, "France: Louis XV gold 2 Louis d'Or 1760/59-(cow) AU55 NGC, Pau mint, Louis d'Or au bandeau. From the French province of Béarn, a gently circulated, lovely example with much remaining struck detail and the typical obverse adjustment marks not detracting from the visual appeal. The reverse is particularly gratifying with delicious tangerine toning and flares of mint luster crackling in the peripheries." This is a common date of a common mint for this type, which was struck at that Pyrenean mint 1742-70.

Recorded mintage: 77,344[2].

Specification: 16.31 g, 0.917 fine gold, reeded edge, designed by J.-C. Röettiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 792a, Dr/2 № 542a, KM 522, Fr-463, Gad-346a (R).

Source:

  • [2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2023 January 17 - 18 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3106, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2022.

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