Lot n° 127
Estimation :
150 - 150
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 160EUR
FAUX LOUIS d'OR. - Lot 127
FAUX LOUIS d'OR.
Notice (37 x 47 cm) of 1791 from the Directoire
du département denouncing counterfeit louis
"of copper, gilded in ground gold‖ bearing the years
1786, 1787 and 1788 and describing one of the
distributors: "Un nommé Tugot, orfèvre et
engraver .presently ill.
Most remarkable for his voice, which is
of a man; does not even seem to be that of a woman
a woman's and is a kind of extraordinary falsetto
extraordinary falsetto in the evening...".
Rare, astonishing and picturesque document on
counterfeit coins.
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