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GADOURY: AUCTION XXI FRENCH GOLD ROYALESGadoury will be hosting their Auction XXI French Gold Royales Selections on October 17. Select items are discussed below. Lot descriptions have been machine-translated to English; see the complete original descriptions online. -Garrett 
Henry VI, King of France and England 1422-1453 Angelot d'or for Rouen (initial mark leopard), AU 2.35 g. Obverse: The archangel Gabriel half-length facing, holding the joined shields of France and France-England. Reverse: Plain Latin cross flanked by a fleur-de-lis and a leopard. Ref: Dup. 444, Fr. 300. Ex Silberstein Collection. Grading: PCGS MS 61. Condition: An exceptional coin.
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Henry VI, King of France and England 1422-1453 Salut d'or, Saint-Lô (fleur-de-lis mark), 1423, AU 3.50 g. Obverse: HENRICVS: DEI: GRA: FRACORV: Z: AGLIE: REX. The archangel Gabriel standing before the Virgin Mary, to whom he extends a scroll bearing the word AVE; behind, the joined shields of France-England, above a blessing hand. Reverse: XPC'* VINCIT'* XPC'* REGNAT'* XPC'* IMPERAT. Ref: Dup.443, Fr. 301. Ex Parsy Sale, 13-12-2005, lot 207. Ex Lucerne Hoard (La Haye-Pesnel, 1968). Grading: NGC MS 66+. Condition: Magnificent specimen, FDC.
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Louis XIV 1643-1715 Double Louis d'or "au soleil" 1712 A, Paris, AU. Ref: G.264 (R), Fr.443, Dy. 1448. Grading: NGC MS 64. TOP POP: the finest graded example. Condition: Well struck on a broad, regular flan, showing very high relief. A specimen of exceptional quality. Unique in this state. Fleur de coin.
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Louis XIV 1643-1715 Piedfort Quadruple Double Louis d'or with Short Wick, Paris, 1644, AU 53.91 g. Inscribed edge: PONDERE . SANCTUARII . Obverse: Childlike head of the king to right, laureate, with short hair. Reverse: Cross formed of eight back-to-back L's, cantoned by four fleurs-de-lis. Mintmark letter in a circle at the center. Ref: G. 257 (R5), Ciani 1783. Grading: PCGS SPECIMEN 53. TOP POP. Condition: almost Superb. Of the highest rarity. Weight of 8 louis d'or. A very fine specimen.
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Louis XV 1715-1774 Gold medal struck on the occasion of the marriage of the Dauphin Louis (XVI) and the Dauphine Marie-Antoinette, by Lorthior, 1770, Paris, AU 31.05 g. 34.6 mm. Obverse: LUDOVICUS XV REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS. Aged head of the King, laureate, to right; below, signature LORTHIOR. F. Reverse: SACRUM ÆTERNÆ CONCORDIÆ PIGNUS. The couple holding hands above an altar. Behind, France, with the globe of the three lilies, and Austria, with a double-headed eagle, intertwined; signature LORTHIOR. F. In exergue: M. A. AUSTR. L. DELPH. NUPT. / XVI MAII MDCC LXX. Ref: Divo 178. Ex Silberstein Collection. Grading: PCGS MS 62. TOP POP. Condition: Superb specimen with an attractive golden patina and very high relief. Very rare, especially in this state of preservation.
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Louis XVI 1774-1792 Louis d'or with draped bust, Paris, 1784 A, 1st semester, AU. Ref: G.359, Dy.1704. Grading: PCGS MS 61. TOP POP. Condition: Superb specimen, the finest graded by PCGS.
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Louis XVI 1774-1792 Double Louis d'or of Béarn with draped bust, Pau, 1778, AU 16.28 g. Ref: G.362b (R5), Fr. 470. Ex Collection Dr. F. Grading: NGC MS 62. TOP POP: the finest graded. Condition: Superb and extremely rare.
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