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1 Louis d'Or - Louis XV short palms

Issuer Monnaie de Paris
Year 1723-1725
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Composition Gold (.917)
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Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering LUD.XV.D.G.FR.ET NAV.REX 1723
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The "short palms" variant distinguishes this issue from the concurrent long palms type by the truncated palm branches flanking the central cartouche — a die characteristic specific to the earliest years of Louis XV's personal coinage. Louis XV was only thirteen when these were struck; France was emerging from the Regency of Philippe d'Orléans, who had died in December 1723, and the mint was effectively restabilizing royal coinage under a new administrative order. The short palms designation in Droulers' classification separates genuine early production from later recuts.

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