Just got home from work, and found that I was successfull in Goldberg Auction ( I had placed a proxy bid before I headed off to work at 7:00AM) AV Double Louis d'or 1786-N (Montepelier Mint) Louis XVI 1774-93 Coin is mint state with sharp strike and no defects like adjustment marks.
With it being Louis the 16th, it's got to be France. Another clue is the 3 Fleur-de-Lis on the left side of the shield, on the reverse. They often designate French royalty. In fact, the words mean "Flower of the Lily". Fleur-de-lis as per Wiki Yes, it is an excellent coin.
Yup found it. France KM#591.1 , 1786, Louis D'Or .917 gold. mintage-5,370,000 weight- 7.6490g or .2255oz. I like to get all the facts and research on world coins.
I just read the coin to know it was France and which King, but I do like ALL of the info also. I use ngc coins lookup all the time. BTW, Louis the 16th was King at the French Revolution and lost his head on the guillotine along with his wife Marie Antoinette. She was famous for, when told "the people have no bread", replying "Well, let them eat cake.". Actually what she said was "Let them eat brioche.", which is a bakery item somewhere between bread and cake. It was her and her husband's incessant greed that caused the French Revolution. She was obsessed with jewels and jewelry, and he was constantly spending the nations wealth on her jewels and his own desire for more and larger palaces. Look at pictures of the Palace of Versailles. Palace_of_Versailles
Few corrections... Its a Double Louis d'or 1786-N 15.29g./ .451 0z. Mintage 217,279 KM 592.11 Montepelier Mint LUD. D. G. FR. NAV. REX= Louis Grace of God France/ Navarre King MS-63 John
