Louis XV
Gold – Louis d’or au Bandeau – 1754 A Paris – PCGS MS 65 – Treasure of rue Mouffetard
12 000€
Louis XV
Gold – Louis d’or au Bandeau – 1754 A Paris – PCGS MS 65 – Treasure of rue Mouffetard
12 000€
Lustruous coin and much appealing. Uncirculated coin , GEM condition. Amazing example with this pedigree.
Coin certified PCGS MS 65. Top population. Highest grade.
This Louis d’or is one of only two known examples certified PCGS MS 65 with the prestigious pedigree of the Mouffetard Hoard.
Our other specimen, the “1746 A Louis d’or au Bandeau – PCGS MS 65 – Mouffetard Hoard”, was sold for €12,000. The coin offered here is the second and final example currently available on the market.
Certified PCGS MS 65 – Top Population, this is the finest known example graded to date for this year and mintmark.
A coin of exceptional rarity in this quality.
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Pedigree :
Provenance : The Treasure of Rue Mouffetard.
Coin with provenance from the heirs. Delivered in the heirs’ original protective sleeve. ( “Héritiers” ) and PCGS certification.
On the 24th of May 1938, some workers were demolishing a building on 51 and 53 rue Mouffetard in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. Hidden inside one of the walls, they found numerous rolls of gold coins wrapped in pieces of fabric, along with a will written by Louis Nivelle… read the article