Louis XV
Gold – Louis d’or au bandeau – 1753/46 A Paris – Unlisted date – PCGS MS 64 – Treasure of rue Mouffetard
5 000€




Louis XV
Gold – Louis d’or au bandeau – 1753/46 A Paris – Unlisted date – PCGS MS 64 – Treasure of rue Mouffetard
5 000€
Coin with all bright original luster. Splendid example.
Unpublished date 1753 struck on 46. Very scarce and not listed in the references books.
Coin certified PCGS MS 64. Very high grade.
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Pedigree :
Provenance : The Treasure of Rue Mouffetard.
Coin from catalog Bourgey sales : lot 125 , 30 June 1953.
Original Certificate delivered with the coin and old invoice. Very scarce document.
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 on Tnumis Magazine