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1720-AA [Metz Mint] John Law Half Sol.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:80.00 CAD Estimated At:200.00 - 250.00 CAD
1720-AA [Metz Mint] John Law Half Sol.

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1720-AA [Metz Mint] John Law Half Sol. Fine/Very Good, the obverse stronger than the reverse. Full legend on the obverse, those on the reverse weaker at the right but the individual letters all visible, if faint, the date strong, and design details as expected for the grade. Dark fields with medium russet devices, light roughness but no major marks. This is a most unusual type with TWO engraver’s marks on the obverse – one at the end of the legend, one beneath the bust. There were two engravers at the Metz Mint this year, with a slight overlap between them, and Smith suggests that the presence of two marks means that the two engravers collaborated on those dies. Only 3 of this type were seen in Smith’s perusal of some 255 Half Sols, and it is justifiably rare.