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1759/8-A Billon Sous Marques. Vlack 43b. Rarity-6.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:80.00 CAD Estimated At:200.00 - 250.00 CAD
1759/8-A Billon Sous Marques.  Vlack 43b.  Rarity-6.
SOLD
80.00CAD+ buyer's premium (16.00)
This item SOLD at 2019 May 02 @ 20:03UTC-4 : AST/EDT

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.

A - Paris Mint - 1759/8-A Billon Sous Marques. Vlack 43b. Rarity-6. Very Fine, a rather sharply struck example, and the Vlack PLATE COIN for this overdate; it appeared as Lot 5378 of the sale of Vlack’s collection, where it was undergraded as Fine, though clearly much sharper than that grade. The cataloguer noted that the piece was “a bit rough in places but with nice light silver color.” The roughness is actually light striations that were in the planchet prior to the piece being struck. Both dies are in late states, with some crumbling in the legends and fields, and with light die spalling visible at the bottom of the obverse design; the reverse state is especially late. For dies that were in such a state of damage it is actually amazing that this coin looks as nice as it does! Accompanied by Vlack’s original typed envelope and the lot ticket from the sale of his collection.