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Categories • Stack's January 2006 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 13 → French Colonial Coins, Medals and Tokens → The 1640 and 1692 Counterstamped Issues |
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Lot # |
Description |
Grade |
Hammer Price |
1 |
Counterstamped billon douzain
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CH VF |
$450.00 |
Vlack 1, Hodder 1, Breen 271 as the others. Choice Very Fine. 30.0 gns. Stamped twice, once with the fleur-de-lys, the second time with another uncertain punch. Light gray brown in color. Fleur counterstamp clear, the other somewhat soft. |
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2 |
Counterstamped billon douzain
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F to VF |
$150.00 |
Fine to Very Fine. 27.3 gns. Stamped on obverse and reverse. Light gray brown. As the preceding, fleur counterstamp mostly clear save for lower right; second counterstamp quite indistinct. |
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3 |
Counterstamped 1560 billon douzain au croissants
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VF |
$800.00 |
- in the name of Henri II. Very Fine. 30.9 gns. Pale silver gray in color. Fleur counterstamp centered in the obverse shield. |
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4 |
Counterstamped billon douzain of Henri III
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EF |
$200.00 |
(1574-89). Extremely Fine. 28.4 gns. Light silver gray in color. Fleur counterstamp well defined in one of the quarters of the reverse. |
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5 |
Counterstamped billon douzain of Henri IV
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VF |
$60.00 |
(1590-1610). Very Fine. 25.3 gns. Pale silver gray in color. Fleur counterstamp partially entered in left obverse field, soft at upper left. |
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6 |
Counterstamped 1593(?)-P billon douzain. Dijon Mint
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EF |
$250.00 |
Extremely Fine. 34.5 gns. Good, deep coin silver gray in color on both sides. Nearly perfectly entered fleur counterstamp, upside-down when the obverse is viewed correctly, penetrating the upper border of the shield. |
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7 |
Counterstamped billon douzain of Henri IV.
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VG |
$75.00 |
Very Good. 27.6 gns. Light golden gray. Fleur counterstamp entered upside down when the obverse is viewed correctly, about centered on the crown. |
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8 |
Counterstamped billon douzain de Navarre of Henri IV.
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F |
$200.00 |
Fine. 24.6 gns. Medium silver gray in color. Fleur counterstamp on a diagonal in the left half of the obverse shield. |
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9 |
Counterstamped billon douzain of Henri IV.
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VG |
$65.00 |
Very Good. 28.2 gns. Reddish brown in color, probably once cleaned. Considerable traces of verdigris on both sides, especially in the counterstamp. |
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10 |
Counterstamped billon douzain (Henri IV?)
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VG |
$65.00 |
Very Good. Split planchet at counterstamp. 29.9 gns. Light silver gray in color on both sides. Fleur counterstamp somewhat indistinct at lower right. |
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11 |
Counterstamped billon douzain of Henri IV.
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G |
$40.00 |
Good. 20.4 gns. Light silver gray in color on both sides. Fleur counterstamp has split the flan almost in the same way as seen on the preceding specimen. |
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12 |
Counterstamped billon douzain de Bayonne of Henri IV.
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F |
$600.00 |
Fine, or so. 32.4 gns. Deep gray and gold in color on both sides. Fleur counterstamp nicely entered in the lower right quarter of the reverse. |
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13 |
Counterstamped billon douzain de Grenoble of Henri IV.
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VG |
$350.00 |
Very Good. 33.1 gns. Light silver gray in color. Fleur counterstamp on a diagonal upside down in the lower left portion of the obverse shield. |
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14 |
Counterstamped billon douzain de La Rochelle of Henri IV.
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F |
$45.00 |
Fine. 26.2 gns. Bent. Light gray and gold. Considerable verdigris remains on both sides. |
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15 |
Counterstamped 1594 billon douzain de St. Lô of Henri IV.
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VG |
$300.00 |
Very Good. 29.2 gns. Medium gray and brown. Fleur counterstamp nicely entered in the lower right portion of the obverse. |
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16 |
1693-D billon douzain. Lyon Mint
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CH VF |
$1,100.00 |
Br.277. Flan neuf. Choice Very Fine. 27.7 gns. Very attractive light silver gray in color on both sides, with some pale gold highlights. Surfaces a little granular, but all design details are quite bold. This and the next two are the kind that get struck over earlier douzains following the 1692 edict. |
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17 |
1693-M billon douzain. Toulouse Mint
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VF |
$1,400.00 |
Br.276. Very Fine. 26.1 gns. Attractive, rich gray on the obverse, rosy gray on the reverse. Fleur counterstamp entered on the right corner of the obverse shield. Struck over an older douzain that had been counterstamped with the fleur-de-lys following the 1640 edict. Thus, this is a double issue on one coin. Vlack mentions the existence of these as being quite rare. |
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18 |
1694-B billon douzain. Rouen Mint
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VF |
$100.00 |
Br.276. Very Fine. Flan split. 18.5 gns. Light gray and gold in color. Quite indistinct, the overstriking has been blunted by the undertype. Flan splits on the edge in three places, one quite severe. Struck over an unidentifiable earlier douzain with the fleur-de-lys counterstamp. |
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19 |
1658-A Billon douzain
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AU |
$14,000.00 |
Breen 273, Gadoury 86, not in Hodder or Vlack. About Uncirculated. 28.6 gns. (i.e., the weight of a douzain). 21.5 mm. (i.e., the diameter of a demi-douzain). Attractive, light gray and gold in color on both sides. Very sharply struck and about perfectly centered. Mr. Ford wondered, given the anomalous weight of the piece, whether this might not have been a pattern or presentation strike.... more |
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