Stack's Bowers Galleries

Winter 2022 Showcase Auction  –  27 October - 4 November 2022

Stack's Bowers Galleries, Winter 2022 Showcase Auction

U.S. Coins and Currency

Part 1: Th, 27.10.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Fr, 28.10.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Tu, 01.11.2022, from 5:00 PM CET
Part 4: Tu, 01.11.2022, from 10:00 PM CET
Part 5: Tu, 01.11.2022, from 11:00 PM CET
Part 6: We, 02.11.2022, from 4:00 PM CET
Part 7: We, 02.11.2022, from 9:00 PM CET
Part 8: Th, 03.11.2022, from 5:00 PM CET
Part 9: Th, 03.11.2022, from 10:00 PM CET
Part 10: Fr, 04.11.2022, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 11: Fr, 04.11.2022, from 11:00 PM CET
The auction is closed.

Description

1721-H French Colonies Sou, or 9 Deniers. La Rochelle Mint. Martin 2.11-B.5, W-11830. Rarity-4. EF-40 (PCGS).

112.0 grains. A sharp, little worn piece with light steel-brown surfaces and undertones of pinkish-maroon. The obverse is smooth and possesses some satiny mint texture, while the reverse is rougher, naturally so, but still has a rather high grade appearance. Struck just slightly off center but only a small portion of some of the letters are lost, everything is readable. Some interesting die cracks are noted from EN of NOMEN to the crowned Ls. A handsome example and scarce at this grade level.

PCGS# 905876.

From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Apoth Coins' sale of the Vincent W. Alones Collection, Part I, September 2012 Virginia Numismatic Society Auction, lot 3. Plated in the Martin reference "French Coinage Specifically for Colonial America," pp. 202, 318.

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Price realized 800 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 1'800 USD
The auction is closed.
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