Louis XV gold Louis d'Or Mirliton 1724-)( AU Details (Saltwater Damage) NGC, Besançon mint, KM-Unl., Gad-339 (R2), Dup-1638, L4L-466 (R2). Large palms variety. From the 1725 Le Chameau shipwreck. Exhibiting fully defined devices, with few adjustment marks over pale-gold fields showing minor encrustations. A pleasing rarity, displaying bold motifs, with few adjustment marks, dressed in sun-gold toning. Much more elusive than Gadoury might suggest; the only other example of which we are aware is the Donald G. Patrick specimen, which certified at an UNC Details. Ex. John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XII (Stack's January 2006, Lot 449)

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