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France (mint uncertain), ecu, Louis XV, 1771, rare provenance, ex-Eidel.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1750s-1900s Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 375.00 USD
France (mint uncertain), ecu, Louis XV, 1771, rare provenance, ex-Eidel.
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France (mint uncertain), ecu, Louis XV, 1771, rare provenance, ex-Eidel. 26.16 grams. Broad flan with mostly bold details despite areas of moderate corrosion and heavy pits, beautifully toned all over. We have sold a number of artifacts from this wreck in the past, but this remains the only coin we have ever seen or heard of, the wreck itself being important for its role in the American Revolutionary War. Pedigreed to the Charles Eidel collection, with hand-signed Frank Sedwick letter of provenance from 1992.Recovered from: Tounant, sunk in 1779 off Hispaniola.