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Heritage sale 3024, lot 23819
from Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23819 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description[2] noted, "Louis XV gold Louis d'Or 1729-M, Toulouse Mint, MS64 NGC, full mint brilliance with well-struck design features, a choice example of this early gold type." This type is recorded for 1726-40 and is among the more common gold coins of the French ancien régime, this date is probably scarce but awarded no premium in Droulers[1].

Recorded mintage: 42,681[1].

Specification: 8.16 g, 0.917 fine gold, 22-23 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Norbert Roëttiers.

Catalog reference: KM 489.13, Dr/4 № 800, Dr/2 № 540.

Source:

  • [1]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.
  • [2]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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