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1740-W [Lille Mint] Billon Half Sous Marques. Vlack 316. Rarity-1.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:275.00 CAD Estimated At:750.00 - 800.00 CAD
1740-W [Lille Mint] Billon Half Sous Marques.  Vlack 316.  Rarity-1.

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1740-W [Lille Mint] Billon Half Sous Marques. Vlack 316. Rarity-1. Choice About Uncirculated, a lovely example of this tiny coin, the legend full and letters bold save for the tops of ICT on the obverse, the date and mintmark strong and the design detail sharp as well. Lovely light gray, the surfaces with nearly complete original silvering on either side, lightly rubbed at the high points, which may well be from collector storage for over 250 years. Really quite lovely, and though Vlack considered this one of the most common of the Half Sous (which we agree with, though we doubt it is an R-1, and is more likely an R-3), the best that he could find for his own collection was a rough Fine! Ford had a nice EF, but the present example is clearly superior.