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10 May 2011
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 5000 CHF
Hammer Price:  4000 CHF
Lot 260

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XVI. 1774–1793. Double Louis d’or (Gold, 15.30 g 6), Engraved by P.S. B. Duvivier (1728-1819), Nantes. Seated greyhound, sign of the mintmaster M.-J- Francois, 1786, first semester. LUD.XVI.D.G.FR.ET NAV.REX Head of Louis XVI to left; on truncation, DUVIV; below, greyhound to left. Rev. CHRS.REGN.VINC.IMPER 1786 Crowned arms of France and Navarre; below, T. KM 592.14. A nearly perfect, lustrous coin. Virtually as struck.


From a Swiss private collection.

Why is this coin here? The fact is that it is so perfectly preserved that it is exceptional in every way. The cataloguer simply could not resist this piece, or the three other pieces that follow.

Online bidding closes: 10 May 2011, 09:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 27 Apr 2024, 03:40:05 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:4000 CHF

Pre-Bidding closes on 10 Mai 2011 at 9:00 CEST. Live bidding starts at 14:00 CET and is EXCLUSIVELY available on biddr. Separate registration is required.

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