^Lot 308 France (Paris mint), gold louis d'or a la tete nue, Louis XVI, 1788-A, very rare provenance, NGC VF

France (Paris mint), gold louis d'or a la tete nue, Louis XVI, 1788-A, very rare provenance, NGC VF details / obv graffiti. Gad-361; KM-591.1. 7.69 grams. Bold details with light toning around and traces of luster, a few minor marks including a small X (test mark) behind the head (also some light adjustment marks on bust), a generally rare date but particularly valuable for its provenance as among a group of thirteen gold coins wrapped inside a West Indies newspaper from 1809 (advertising a slave auction) and found inside an elegant gold snuff box (which we sold in Auction 7 in 2010), ostensibly an "arras" (Spanish dowry) and the key to pinpointing the date and possible trade of this mysterious shipwreck that was found and salvaged by robot in 2001 at a depth of about three miles (at the time, the deepest treasure salvage ever undertaken), following accidental discovery while searching for Gus Grissom's capsule, Liberty Bell 7 (which was lost in 1961 and recovered in 1999). Pedigreed to the Stack's auction of January 2008 (lot 7016).Recovered from: "Coconut Wreck," sunk ca. 1810 in deep water off Bermuda.
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