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1738-O Billon Sous Marques. Vlack UNLISTED, will be known as Vlack 153a. Rarity-8.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:200.00 CAD Estimated At:500.00 - 550.00 CAD
1738-O Billon Sous Marques.  Vlack UNLISTED, will be known as Vlack 153a.  Rarity-8.

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O – Riom Mint - 1738-O Billon Sous Marques. Vlack UNLISTED, will be known as Vlack 153a. Rarity-8. Extremely Fine, the obverse in the choice category. Boldly struck, every letter and number sharp, as are the design details. This is an unlisted variety, the obverse legend has no stop before SIT but does have a stop after, and there is a stop between DOM and the mintmark, but none between the mintmark and BENEDICTUM. As Vlack stated in his book the Riom mint issues “offers the widest variety of random punctuation placements of all the mints,” which is certainly true, especially for the 1739 dated issue which has over a half dozen variations! This is the first variation discovered for 1738, and we know of just one other example with the same punctuation. Pleasing light gray, the surfaces retaining much of the original silvering, the obverse perfect for the grade, while the reverse has a couple ancient scratches at the bottom.