August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
Part B: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part C: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 1: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 1:00 AM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part D: We, 14.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 14.08.2024, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 5: Th, 15.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part E: Fr, 16.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Fr, 16.08.2024, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Sa, 17.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part F: Sa, 17.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Mo, 19.08.2024, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part G: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 9: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part H: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 10: We, 21.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part I: We, 21.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 11: Th, 22.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part J: Th, 22.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part K: Fr, 23.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 12: Fr, 23.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Description
Unpublished 1658 Milled Douzain in Copper
Apparently Unique
1658-A Sol, or 12 Deniers. Paris Mint. Trial Striking in Copper. As Gadoury-86, Ciani-1976, Breen-274. EF Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS).
70.9 grains. An exciting rarity in this series, a trial striking in copper from the only known authentic dies for this issue. Mottled mahogany, dark tan, and olive-brown with scattered surface corrosion. Very boldly struck, with better central detail than any other example we've seen or studied in any composition. Ideally centered on both sides, or very nearly so, with the reverse denticles marginally longer at the base of that side than elsewhere. Some scattered pits are seen, including atop the right fleur-de-lis in the top row of the shield, the lower left corner of the crown, and right of the fleur-de-lis at lower left reverse. Little to no wear is visible, nor any significant defects aside from the environmental damage. Copper strikings of non-copper French coins of this era are known and recorded, and a silver off-metal strike of this issue (offered as lot 1007 in Part II of the Sydney F. Martin Collection in November 2022) confirms that off-metal strikes from these dies should be expected. This piece is not published in Breen or elsewhere, and we have not heard even a rumor of another.
PCGS# 826498.
From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Jean-Claude Guidoise; Jeff Rock, September 2006.
Question about this lot?
Bidding
| Price realized | 2'800 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 6'000 USD |
