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LOT 4192
France. Louis XVI AV Louis d'Or. Dated 1791. Lille mint. Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier, engraver.
LUD · XVI · D · G · FR · ET NAV · REX ·, bare head of Louis XVI to left, no dot variety, star and engraver's signature below / CHRS · REGN · VINC · IMPER 1791, crowned arms of France and Navarre in shield, mintmark below. Dy 1707; Gad 361; KM 591. PCGS AU53, certification number 51861546. PCGS population in this grade: 1, single finest graded.3 1/4 in. (36.64 grams total, 82 mm including case.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK coin market.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Mintage: 2,562.
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 7.649 g. (AGW=0.2255 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.
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