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1725-AA [Metz Mint] Half Ecu Aux 8 L, Gadoury 312.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:250.00 CAD Estimated At:600.00 - 700.00 CAD
1725-AA [Metz Mint] Half Ecu Aux 8 L, Gadoury 312.

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The Chameau Treasure Ship Coinage - 1725-AA [Metz Mint] Half Ecu Aux 8 L, Gadoury 312. Technically Uncirculated, appearance of Fine, the reverse slightly better overall. The left hand portion of either side is weak with traces of the legends there, those on the right quite sharp. The date is visible, the mintmark is not – but the ring-shaped different after the date on the reverse is reasonably sharp, and was the mark used by Jean-Philippe Moulin at the Metz mint from 1723-1738; the only other different that is reasonably close is one used at the Bordeaux mint, but that mint is not known to have struck the Half Ecu denomination at all. Exceedingly rare as a Chameau coin, the only one from this mint out of the 10 pieces of this denomination recovered from the wreck – and one of the “unknown mint” pieces from that total now identified.