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1765 1779 french colonies stampee km2 STRUCK OVER A SOU MARQUE vlack 374 R-6 G7
$ 62.83
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Description
Struck in france to help solve a coin shortage in the french colonies.These stampees also circulated in the British west indies .
This specimen was struck over a previously issued French sou marque, minted at the Paris Mint.
The sou marque undertype is a very worn coin yet you can still see traces of it where there is a coloration
difference on the crowned C side.
In colonial times, a coin's value was determined by the weight of the coin, so
the Paris Mint benefited by using underweight (used) coins as blanks.
You are looking at a Vlack #374 variety, listed as a Rarity-6 on page 140 of An Illustrated Catalogue of the French Billon
Coinage In The Americas.
The more common stampees are Vlack #375, "struck over a blank planchet, either billon
or copper." These are Rarity-2.