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MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,614 ✭✭✭✭✭
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A little birdie told me it was the single finest Sou Marque of any date or mint in the comprehensive Ford collection.



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    GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 18,508 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't know the first thing about her, but I like her, and I like popcorn....congrats!!!

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    SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,125 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sweet. I've decided from experience to stop asking members to not post World coins here. It's a futile endeavor. Honestly it looks better than a 64 to me. Nice!
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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,614 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: SeattleSlammer

    Sweet. I've decided from experience to stop asking members to not post World coins here. It's a futile endeavor. Honestly it looks better than a 64 to me. Nice!




    Thanks. I think you know this coin circulated in early America and is widely collected as part of the US colonial coins listed in the Red Book...French New World Issue; Billon Coinage of 1709-1760.
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    KyleKyle Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't know the first thing about her, but I like her, and I like popcorn....congrats!!!


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    1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,616 ✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: SeattleSlammer
    Sweet. I've decided from experience to stop asking members to not post World coins here. It's a futile endeavor. Honestly it looks better than a 64 to me. Nice!



    Minted in France for use in the North American colonies of French Canada. And often made their way into New England. That is one sweet piece!
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    dadamsdadams Posts: 376 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: SeattleSlammer

    Sweet. I've decided from experience to stop asking members to not post World coins here. It's a futile endeavor. Honestly it looks better than a 64 to me. Nice!




    Sou Marque coins were used in Colonial America.



    Sweet coin by the way MidLifeCrisis !!!



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    SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,125 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Okay, okay!! image
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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,230 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree it's very impressive to say the least. After all these years a coin like this grades this high. Congratulations!! Very well done!image
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    msch1manmsch1man Posts: 810 ✭✭✭✭
    Great coin...nice addition to your set!
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    RelaxnRelaxn Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is a monster. Absolutely amazing survivor and with great lineage. Enjoy being the next guardian of this amazing piece of history.



    Thank you for sharing.



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    keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Goldbully

    Don't know the first thing about her, but I like her, and I like popcorn....congrats!!!

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    Congratulations on your new toy!



    I'll add to the popcorn celebration.

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    DCWDCW Posts: 7,849 ✭✭✭✭✭
    She's a real looker! Congrats

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    coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,515 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Would that little birdie be Pistareen ? You'd make him papa proud with this acquisition.

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    IcollecteverythingIcollecteverything Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭
    Very sharp, looks like an early die state also, much crisper than my 1755.

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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,489 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice looking coin MLC! image


    Can anyone translate the text and explain what the L means as well as which mint the C mintmark stands for?
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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,489 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: SeattleSlammer

    Sweet. I've decided from experience to stop asking members to not post World coins here. It's a futile endeavor. Honestly it looks better than a 64 to me. Nice!



    Just think of the forum as "U.S. Coin Collectors" and that US coin collectors collect many things image
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,149 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow.



    PS- I am unaccustomed to seeing the "C" mintmark on French coins. I guess it is for Caen?

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    WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,399 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice French coin.



    Question: Is the word "LUD" struck twice?



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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,614 ✭✭✭✭✭
    C = Caen mint mark (at 6 o'clock on the obverse)



    L = King Louis XV of France (note the XV at 2 o'clock on the reverse)



    Obverse legend = Abreviation of SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM (Blessed be the name of the Lord)



    Reverse legend = Latin abbreviation that roughly translates to Louis XV, by the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre
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    AuroraBorealisAuroraBorealis Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,781 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I knew it was gonna be round and purdy image

    Such a superb specimen Middy image







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    JJSingletonJJSingleton Posts: 1,402 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yowsers! Great coin indeed.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice coin.... be proud of that addition... Cheers, RickO
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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 13,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Would this be considered a Crown? ...which is equivalent to $1?
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,014 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A Marque named Sou.......
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,092 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Viva la France
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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,489 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: MidLifeCrisis
    C = Caen mint mark (at 6 o'clock on the obverse)

    L = King Louis XV of France (note the XV at 2 o'clock on the reverse)

    Obverse legend = Abreviation of SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM (Blessed be the name of the Lord)

    Reverse legend = Latin abbreviation that roughly translates to Louis XV, by the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre


    Very cool MLC! Love the info and history. Thanks for sharing! image
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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,531 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice! image

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Forget the popcorn as this is a french fries & french toast sticks thread. Nice newp and looks as nice as any in a 5 or 6 holder I've seen. Oddly since billion alloy had a decent percentage of silver I've never seen these with any sort of colorful patina as most are still bright or just golden brown.
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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭✭
    She looks pretty good and well preserved for being almost 265 years old.



    Very nice addition!

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    winkywinky Posts: 1,671 ✭
    Love the double U. Pretty but not for me.
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    cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 8,062 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cool coin- I love the repunched 'U'!
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    JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's a beast!!



    Major congrat's!!!



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    messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,786 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Love it! Couldn't ask for a nicer colonial type coin, and couldn't get one even if you asked. I have a 1741-BB in AU53 of that type.
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    bidaskbidask Posts: 14,057 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations on this addition to you collection . ??
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    ChristosChristos Posts: 950 ✭
    What is the coins composition? Were these plated in some way as many I have seen look to be plated.
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    IcollecteverythingIcollecteverything Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭
    They do have silvering over I think a 75% copper core?



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    Here is mine I bought over 25 years ago in the Bowers and Merena Byron Johnson auction. The A is for the Paris Mint but I forget what the little fox is for.

    This is for comparison so you can see how nice the one in the OP is. I think with that one that someone took the first coin off the press and very carefully stored it.

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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,614 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Christos

    What is the coins composition? Were these plated in some way as many I have seen look to be plated.




    This is a billon coin. According to Robert Vlack in An Illustrated Catalogue of the French Billon Coinage in the Americas, "Billon refers to a soft alloy of silver, copper and tin, combined in such proportions as to render a silvery appearance, although it is less shiny and paler in color than sterling and hence the name 'white money'".

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