 1670-A 5 Sols. Silver. Choice Extremely Fine. Breen(1976) 5, Breen(1988) 257, Breton 502, Zay 2, Leroux 251, Gadoury & Couisinie 2, Hodder 3. 35.0 gns. Lovely, rich coin silver gray in color on both sides. There is attractive iridescent blue and rose toning around the peripheries, particularly on the reverse. Fields mostly smooth and hard, some reflectivity remaining on the reverse, some light granularity on the back, but this not at all disturbing. Obverse sunface for Paris mintmaster (1666-1672) Pierre Cheval. Reverse tower for Paris Mint engraver (1661-1674) Jean-Baptiste de Tour. Quite rare.
Ex New Netherlands Coin Company, date unrecorded.
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