2020 EAC Sale

The fleur-de-lys counterstamped billon coinage of 1640 served as circulating money in the French controlled colonies of North America, from Canada dow

Another above average example of 1640 counterstamp, this with a nicely detailed and natural-surfaced host coin, a full date, and a bold fleur-de-lys s

Problem-free silvery-gray surfaces. A nice mid-grade example with all of the major detail plain.

Aside from the rims having been a bit tapped in, this is a nice VF example of a tough date and mintmark in the 9 Deniers series. Excellent chocolate b

Some orange color and faint hairlines from an old cleaning, otherwise a bold, well-struck VF with no notable marks or roughness.

Sharpness high in the VF range, nearly XF but the surfaces were smoothed to minimize roughness and now have an odd, granular texture. Worthwhile for i

Nice, original surfaces with sharp detail and traces of silvery luster.

An excellent example of this scarcer mintmark. Slightly lustrous deep gray surfaces and well struck throughout. The finer of only two examples graded

Light silvery surfaces. Weakly struck in places but a technically high grade piece with considerable luster remaining.

Perhaps some extremely faint hairlines but overall an attractive piece with strong detail and natural color.

Appealing, original surfaces. Choice for the grade.

A top quality example of this issue. Lustrous, original surfaces. Some streaky planchet texture in places but no post-strike problems.

A high end example of this contemporary counterfeit issue. The obverse is almost fully lustrous while there is some impairment to the reverse silverin

Frosty surfaces with remarkable luster for the type. Could easily be called mint state. An interesting variety - cataloged as an overdate by Bob Vlack

A common contemporary counterfeit issue, probably the most common variety of the entire series. This is a well-preserved example with sharp detail and

Mottled surfaces are a bit dark and slightly granular. Nice definition for the grade.

Lightly cleaned but retains a fairly natural appearance. An interesting and quite scarce overdate variety.

Glossy medium brown and tan. An attractive example with a desirable pedigree. Ex Eric P. Newman, Heritage 11/2017, lot 15237.

81.3 grains. Solid VF detail with some patches of light roughness that reduce the grade. Decent brown color though and overall very presentable for th

121.3 grains. Glossy dark brown surfaces. Would grade slightly higher if not for a few old, toned-over reverse scratches.