Louis XV gold Louis d'Or de Noailles 1717-A MS64 NGC, Paris mint, KM428.1 (listed as 2 Louis D'or), Gad-344, Dup-1630, Fr-450. A striking example of this young, crowned type of Louis XV, struck to a higher weight standard that surrounding examples in the Louis D'or series and alternatively called a 2 Louis D'or in the Standard Catalog of World Coins. Rippling golden brilliance carries across the entirety of the fields, the strike expressing crisp precision and yielding no areas of weakness to either the obverse or reverse.

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