2 Louis d'Or - Louis XV
Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Louis XV (1715-1774)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1716 |
| Value | 2 Gold Louis |
| Currency | Livre tournois (1204-1795) |
| Composition | Gold (.917) |
| Weight | 16.316 g |
| Diameter | 31.0 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 375776 |
| References | KM# 426 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (8 volumes). Jean Duplessy; 1999. Les monnaies françaises royales. Maison Platt, Paris, France (2 volumes). Francesco Pastrone, Christian Charlet; 2018. Monnaies royales françaises de Louis XIII à Louis XVI / Volume 2: 1610-1792 (5th Edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco. Louis Ciani, Jules Florange (ed.); 1926. Les Monnaies royales françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI. Jules Florange, Bergerac, France. Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles (publisher). Les monnaies des rois de France. Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles, Paris, France / Basel, Switzerland (2 volumes). Arnaud Clairand; 2023. Monnaies Royales Françaises et de la Révolution: 1610-1794 = French Royal and Revolutionary Coins. Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. |
Obverse
Young head right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: LVD • XV • D • G • FR • ET • NAV • REX • 1716 ★
Unabridged legend: Ludovicus XV Dei Gratia Franciae et Navarrae Rex
Engraver: Norbert Roettiers
Reverse
Crowned arms of France.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
CHRS • REGN • VINC • IMP ★
BB
Unabridged legend: Christus Regnat Vincit Imperat
Engraver: Norbert Roettiers
Edge
Corded edge.
Mints
| A | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
| AA | Metz, France (?-1803) |
| BB | Strasbourg, France (?-1870) |
| C | Caen, France |
| ↃC | Besançon, France |
| D | Lyon, France (413-1858) |
| I | Limoges, France (?-1837) |
| K | Bordeaux, France (?-1880) |
| L | Bayonne, France (?-1837) |
| Q | Perpignan, France (?-1837) |
| S | Troyes, France |
| T | Nantes, France (?-1837) |
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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Bullion value: USD 2077.37
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Actual gold weight: 0.481 oz
Current gold price: 4318.57 USD/oz (see gold price 
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