French Colonies (1779-97) 2 sols
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This specimen was lot 74976 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $432. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRENCH COLONIES. 2 Sols (Stampee), ND (1779-97). PCGS AU-58. An appealing nearly Mint State example, delivering handsome details and strong strike quality, a RARITY for the type." The extreme simplicity of this design was an invitation to the counterfeiter. These circulated all over the Caribbean and several islands counterstamped them for local use (see Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Tobago).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, 22 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-2.
- Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1
- Gadoury, Victor, and George Cousinié, Monnaies Coloniales Françaises, 1670-1988, 2me Éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 1988.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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