1723-K French Colonies Louis d’Or. Bordeaux Mint. Gadoury-338, Breen-326. Type I, Short Palms. Le Chameau Treasure. AU Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS). Nice frosty light yellow gold, even in appearance and with some remaining luster. Attractive contrasting encrustation remains in the letters above the obverse portrait and around many of the reverse devices. Ideally centered and well struck, free from adjustment marks, showing only trivial contact points here and there. A very handsome example. With 18 pieces sold in the 1971 Parke-Bernet sale, this is tied with 1723-A as the most common of the 1723-dated Louis dor emissions aboard. PCGS# 436640. 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 397; Jeff Rock Collection, September 2006.
