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1744/3-BB Billon Sous Marques. Vlack 257c. Rarity-8.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:125.00 CAD Estimated At:300.00 - 350.00 CAD
1744/3-BB Billon Sous Marques.  Vlack 257c.  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.

BB – Strasbourg Mint - 1744/3-BB Billon Sous Marques. Vlack 257c. Rarity-8. Choice Very Fine, a pleasing example of this extremely rare variety. Well struck on a broad planchet that shows most of the denticles on either side. The legends are bold, the 4/3 overdate matching up to the enlarged photo in the Vlack book. Lovely light gray in the fields, with much of the original silvering remaining on either side, around the devices and legends on the obverse and more prevalent on the reverse. No real marks or damage other than light wear, and a stunning example on its broad planchet. Quite rare, but present in both the Vlack and Ford collections – the latter called Unc but not plated in the sale, though perhaps it should have been since it brought $2,760 in spirited bidding!