France, Louis XV 1758-AA Double Louis d'Or au bandeau AU55
France, Louis XV the Beloved (1715-74), gold Double Louis d'Or au bandeau, 1758-AA, Metz mint, LUD XV D G FR ET NAV REX, large head left with ribbon, CJR monogram on truncation for engraveur Joseph Charles Rœttiers, pansy below for mint master Nicolas Blaize, rev. crowned coats-of-arms of France and Navarre, AA mint mark below, date at end of legend CHRS REGN VINC IMPE 1758, edge grained, c. 16.30g (Fr 463; Gad. 346; Dup. 1642). Struck in 22 carat gold, lightly toned with a hint of peripheral hue, the "bandeau" type introduced at the request of the King himself in 1740 (he had just turned 30) proved to be a popular type continued until his death, graded by PCGS as AU55.
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France, Louis XV the Beloved (1715-74), gold Double Louis d'Or au bandeau, 1758-AA, Metz mint, LUD XV D G FR ET NAV REX, large head left with ribbon, CJR monogram on truncation for engraveur Joseph Charles Rœttiers, pansy below for mint master Nicolas Blaize, rev. crowned coats-of-arms of France and Navarre, AA mint mark below, date at end of legend CHRS REGN VINC IMPE 1758, edge grained, c. 16.30g (Fr 463; Gad. 346; Dup. 1642). Struck in 22 carat gold, lightly toned with a hint of peripheral hue, the "bandeau" type introduced at the request of the King himself in 1740 (he had just turned 30) proved to be a popular type continued until his death, graded by PCGS as AU55.
