LOUIS XV 1715 - 1774 LUD - XV - D - G - .... Young and draped bust of the king on the left. Renard, mark of Mathieu Renard de Tasta. R/. CHRS - REGN - .... Rosette, mark of Georges Roëttiers and vintage. Two oval shields crowned with the arms of France and Navarre. Cordoned edge. ♦ Fr 461 ; Dy 1640 ; Gad 340 Louis d'or aux lunettes 1727 A = Paris (8.16 g) Very handsome. The nickname of this coin "louis aux lunettes" comes from the appearance of the two oval shields of France and Navarre appearing on the reverse in the shape of a lorgnon. This type of reverse was used for the first louis of the reign of Louis XVI.

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