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1692-H [La Rochelle Mint] Recoined Sol de 15 Deniers, Gadoury 93.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:125.00 CAD Estimated At:250.00 - 300.00 CAD
1692-H [La Rochelle Mint] Recoined Sol de 15 Deniers, Gadoury 93.
SOLD
135.00CAD+ buyer's premium (27.00)
This item SOLD at 2019 May 02 @ 18:32UTC-4 : AST/EDT

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1692-H [La Rochelle Mint] Recoined Sol de 15 Deniers, Gadoury 93. Very Fine, overstruck on an earlier coin with the 1640 countermark on the reverse, near the edge. Rather bold save for the legends at the lower right obverse and corresponding area of the reverse which are weakened by a planchet clip there; the date and mintmark are both strong, and this is a very interesting piece as such. The date and mint combination was unlisted in earlier editions of Gadoury, for any of the three planchet types, the newest edition listing it based on the existence of this very specimen. While the Sol overstrike is genuine, it is possible that the host douzain was as early counterfeit, as the composition is far more copper than billon – but the countermark on that coin appears to be genuine! If so we have a rather unique piece in the series, a counterfeit coin that was magically turned into a real, genuine coin – not once, but twice! Any date and mintmark combination that was unlisted in Gadoury for decades must be considered to be extremely rare, as they would have escaped the notice of some of the finest numismatists in France for over 300 years! Exceedingly rare today, we have no records of another example.