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Unknown Date and Mint Recoined Sol de 15 Deniers, Gadoury 92.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:80.00 CAD Estimated At:200.00 - 250.00 CAD
Unknown Date and Mint Recoined Sol de 15 Deniers, Gadoury 92.

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Unknown Date and Mint Recoined Sol de 15 Deniers, Gadoury 92. Impossible to grade, the Recoined Sol dies are BARELY struck over an earlier douzain of Francois I, struck circa 1540. The central design of the Sol can just be made out at the center of the reverse and a ghost of the crowned shield can be seen on the obverse – but the designs of the host coin are much stronger, and its legends are mostly complete, making it easily identifiable as to ruler. One wonders if something like this ever circulated at the inflated value of 15 Deniers that it should have had as a recoined Sol, or rather at the 12 Denier rate it would have defaulted to since most people of the time would not have been able to make out the very faint design of the Sol! A charming piece as such.