Large, fully-dressed bust of Louis XVI, with the grand cordon on the right; below, signature GATTEAUX.
Obverse lettering
LUD. XVI. REX CHRISTIANISS.
GATTEAUX.
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Twelve-line inscription.
Reverse lettering
QUOD
ANNO 1787
ARTH. RICH. DILLON ARCH. PRIM. NARB.
ANIMI VIRTUTE ELOQUIO CONSILIOQ
IN GALLIÆ PROCERUM CONSESSU
PRÆCELLUIT
STEPH. CAROL. LOMENIE ARCH. TOLOS
ÆRARIÆ REI ADMINISTRANDÆ
SUMMO CIVIUM PLAUSU
PRÆPOSITUS FUIT
OCCITANIA
1788.
Reverse script
Latin
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
