Lot 546
France. 2 Louis d'Or de Noailles, 1717-A (Paris). Fr-450; Gad-344; KM-428.1. Louis XV, 1710-1774 (reigned from 1715). Crowned child bust left with long locks in the style for which it is named. Reverse: Cross of four shields with arms of France and Navarre, lis in angles. Adjustment marks near edge (these are found on nearly all single and double pieces of this date). Lustrous. Very rare. NGC graded MS-62.
Louis XV was intelligent, well educated and surrounded by excellent ministers. Yet none of that proved sufficient. Unlike his great grandfather, Louis XIV, this Louis was generally unable to make decisions, afraid he might make errors. This indecisiveness, coupled with his numerous mistresses, alienated the people, and indirectly laid the seeds to the French Revolution. The style here, as on the single Louis of this date, is among the most finely rendered of the era and of the previous century.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500.
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