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1694-Y [Bourges Mint] Recoined Sol de 15 Deniers, Gadoury 91.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:300.00 CAD Estimated At:600.00 - 750.00 CAD
1694-Y [Bourges Mint] Recoined Sol de 15 Deniers, Gadoury 91.
SOLD
300.00CAD+ buyer's premium (60.00)
This item SOLD at 2019 May 02 @ 18:44UTC-4 : AST/EDT

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1694-Y [Bourges Mint] Recoined Sol de 15 Deniers, Gadoury 91. Very Fine or nearly there, overstruck on an earlier douzain, without a countermark. The legends mostly sharp, three or four letters lost on either side due to the overstrike, but all the rest there. The date is sharp, the mintmark bold, which is quite important. Darker gray, the surfaces with a light roughness and a small patch of green on either side which may be removable; a couple edge splits from the overstrike don’t detract. The condition is somewhat moot since this is a COMPLETELY UNLISTED date and mintmark in Gadoury, for any of his three planchet types. Its existence is perhaps not unexpected since Gadoury lists this mint for 1693 and 1695 only and the year between those two would make sense. An extremely rare and important issue, likely made in small number (the 1695 mintage was just 30,000 coins). We are aware of no other example for this date and mint, and this is one of the coins in this offering that will rewrite future editions of Gadoury! A coin for the specialist.