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1755-A Billon Sous Marques. Vlack 350. Rarity-1.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:30.00 CAD Estimated At:60.00 - 80.00 CAD
1755-A Billon Sous Marques.  Vlack 350.  Rarity-1.
SOLD
30.00CAD+ (6.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2019 May 02 @ 20:01UTC-4 : AST/EDT

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A - Paris Mint - 1755-A Billon Sous Marques. Vlack 350. Rarity-1. Very Fine, a contemporary counterfeit issue struck in copper, with no trace of silvering on either side (the variety is also known on fully silvered planchets). This is the most commonly-seen of the Sous Marques issues, and by far the most common of the varieties bearing this date – this is interesting because it suggests that the counterfeiters were able to strike more coins from a single die pair than the Paris mint often could! Light brown, the surfaces with a few scattered marks from circulation, but overall attractive. This example came from the Walter Breen collection, and is accompanied by his envelope – a rare pedigree, as Breen didn’t actually collect many coins, though he did have an affinity for this series, and while they were inexpensive he put together a nice little set of rarer date and mintmark combinations, as well as unusual counterfeits such as this.