Louis XV
Gold – Louis d’or au bandeau – 1750 A Paris second semester – PCGS MS 64 – 5861 examples – Treasure of rue Mouffetard
8 500€
Louis XV
Gold – Louis d’or au bandeau – 1750 A Paris second semester – PCGS MS 64 – 5861 examples – Treasure of rue Mouffetard
8 500€
Coin retaining its original mint luster. Slightly irregular flan. Exceptionally sharp strike.
Coin certified PCGS MS64. Rue Mouffetard Hoard. Finest example graded to date. Top Population (2).
Extremely rare second-semester issue, unlisted in the Gadoury reference.
Very low mintage: only 5,861 pieces struck, according to Arnaud Clairand in Monnaies Royales Françaises et de la Révolution.
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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” )
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 Tnumis Magazine