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Somebody clipped the whole center of the coin out. Not sure if it was for some sort of fraud or what.

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My first coin found on the ground, visually, just before the detector sounded!

Obverse:
Left-facing portrait of Louis XV, wearing a headband.
Language: Latin
Registration: LUD. XV. D.G.FR. AND NAV. REX. (Louis XV, by the grace of God, king of France and Navarre.)
Engraver: Joseph-Charles Röettiers)

Reverse:
Crowned oval French shield, framed by two olive branches; a workshop letter below.
Inscription: SIT NOMEN DOMINI ?? BENEDICTUM 1762
(Blessed be the name of the Lord.))
The workshop letter as well as the year are illegible.