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1781-A (Paris Mint) Isles de France et de Bourbon Three Sous. Vlack 399, not overstruck on an earli

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1781-A (Paris Mint) Isles de France et de Bourbon Three Sous.  Vlack 399, not overstruck on an earli
SOLD
75.00CAD+ buyer's premium (15.00)
This item SOLD at 2019 May 02 @ 20:49UTC-4 : AST/EDT

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1781-A (Paris Mint) Isles de France et de Bourbon Three Sous. Vlack 399, not overstruck on an earlier Sous Marques. Rarity-6 for the variety, Rarity-7 on a virgin planchet. Very Fine, the legends mostly bold on either side, the central obverse design a bit weaker but all there. Struck on a virgin planchet of somewhat brassy alloy. The surfaces lightly rough, but not bad, and with minimal marks from circulation. Vlack notes that “almost all the coinage was struck over French sous marques as planchets,” and the five examples in his collection were all overstruck. Quite rare not overstruck, and only the second we have seen as such.