1723-E French Colonies Louis d’Or. Tours Mint. Gadoury-338, Breen-311. Type I, Short Palms. Le Chameau Treasure. UNC Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS). Frosty and lustrous, with attractive medium yellow gold surfaces retaining some lighter yellow gold at the obverse peripheries and across the reverse. A bit of darker acquired scale or plaque was left intact after salvage on the reverse near 10 oclock and 11 oclock. Perfectly centered, well struck, free of adjustment marks, a truly lovely piece. This is a top notch example of one of the great rarities among the gold issues aboard <em>Le Chameau</em>. Only two were included in the 1971 Parke-Bernet offering. PCGS# 436638. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from the 1725 wreck of Le Chameau; Alex Storm and salvors to John J. Ford, Jr., 1971; our (Stacks) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIII, January 2006, lot 392.
