Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Louis d'Or - Louis XV
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
|---|---|
| Year | 1726-1740 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped bust of Louis XV facing left, engraved in the classical style by J-C Röettiers. The legend commences at approximately the 7 o'clock position, encircling the effigy. The mintmaster's privy mark appears in the exergue beneath the royal bust. The portrait conveys the formal regality characteristic of early 18th-century French royal coinage. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Two oval shields of France and Navarre, arranged side by side and slightly inclined toward one another, surmounted by a royal crown. The composition is rendered in the baroque heraldic style typical of Louis XV gold coinage. The mint workshop's distinguishing mark appears in the exergue beneath the shields. The date appears within the encircling legend. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Corded. |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |