Provenance : The Treasure of Rue Mouffetard.

Coin from catalog Bourgey sales : lot 131 , the 8 December 1972.

Certificate and original plastic tag delivered with the coin.

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

Low mintage : 18 086 examples.