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1738-AA Billon Sous Marques. Vlack 236a. Rarity-8.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:125.00 CAD Estimated At:300.00 - 350.00 CAD
1738-AA Billon Sous Marques.  Vlack 236a.  Rarity-8.

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AA – Metz Mint - 1738-AA Billon Sous Marques. Vlack 236a. Rarity-8. Fine or slightly better. An interesting piece, clearly showing the stop after ET on the reverse that makes it this much rarer variety. The planchet has a large flaw at the lower right obverse edge which affects NOM on the obverse and LUD on the reverse, the rest of the legend mostly strong, the date and mintmark both sharp. The coin appears to be struck in copper, not billon, and there is no trace of original silvering. The die work is a bit crude in areas, the last digit of the 8 badly formed and the R of REX looks like it started life as a P, with the tail added by hand to the die. The possibility exists that this is a contemporary counterfeit of the regular Metz issue, though it is so exceedingly rare that we don’t have records of another example to compare, and neither Ford nor Vlack had this variety. A coin that will surely intrigue the specialist!