458

1739 – “&” Mint Billon Sous Marques. Vlack 232b. Rarity-8.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:125.00 CAD Estimated At:300.00 - 350.00 CAD
1739 – “&” Mint Billon Sous Marques.  Vlack 232b.  Rarity-8.

Buyer’s Premiums will be added on all items as per the Terms & Conditions of the sale. Invoices will be emailed out after The Toronto Coin Expo.

“&” – Aix Mint - 1739 – “&” Mint Billon Sous Marques. Vlack 232b. Rarity-8. Fine or slightly better in terms of strike and wear. The legend is mostly full, just the M of NOM weak on the obverse and DG on the reverse; all the unusual punctuation called for by Vlack is visible (stop after SIT, mintmark and ET), making it easy to identify this extremely rare variety. Dark pewter surfaces with some mottled russet tone where the silvering has worn off, though nearly half that original silvering remains on either side. A few light marks and roughness, but the condition almost unimportant, as the variety is exceedingly rare – none of the mint at all in Ford, and while the Vlack collection contained both the 232 and the more common 232a, he never found an example of 232b.