Lot 2213
1739-A French Colonies Billon Sou Marque Vlack-18 Rarity-8. VF-35. Struck at the Paris mint for use in Louisiana. This rare variety has an inverted "V" in place of the normal "A" mintmark for the Paris mint, and it is missing the usual stop following NOM. Vlack was aware of only a single example when he wrote his 2004 volume on the series, and this is not the same coin. Choice glossy medium chocolate brown with frosty lighter gray covering much of the surface thanks to the silver wash used on these billon (mostly copper with a minor percentage of silver) planchets. The planchet is a bit egg-shaped causing some of the legend to be slightly off the planchet. A narrow rim cud break shows over the IT in SIT, and this cud is not present on the Vlack plate coin for the variety. Comes with a photo certification from the Colonial American Coin Club signed by Walter Breen and Don Taxay on which they assigned a grade of "choice, very fine, lustrous."
Estimated Value $500-UP.
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| Realized $391 |
