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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 380958, member: 12965&quot;]Howdy fellow coin peeps, :thumb:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>No French coins were ever minted exclusively for circulation in French Canada (called Nouvelle France, that is, New France) or Louisiana. However, some issues were designated for general circulation in the French New World possessions, including Canada and possessions in the Caribbean. The first New World colonial issues were &quot;recycled&quot; old douzain coins, that is coins of 12 deniers or one sol. These hammered coins were composed of billon (an alloy of silver and copper) and consisted of both regal issues and regional coinage issued by local ecclesiastical or feudal lords. According to an edict of June,1640, these older worn coins were authorized to be counterstamped with a punch displaying a fleur-de-lys within a beaded oval. Often when the coins were counterstamped the force of the impact bowed the coins so that they are often somewhat concave on the counterstamped side and convex of the other side. Once the coins were counterstamped they were sent to the colonies. Breen stated that in an edict of November 24, 1672 these coins were mentioned as circulating in Canada at 20 deniers, however their value fluctuated over time. Additionally, Breen (1976, p. 47) suggests these coins may have been the &quot;Black Doggs&quot; mentioned in the Connecticut law of 1721.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>By an edict of February 19, 1670 coins of two, five and fifteen sols produced at the Paris mint were authorized for the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales en Ameriques to circulate in Nouvelle France. The silver five and fifteen sols were minted at Paris in 1670 and carry the mintmark A. The obverse of these coins depicts king Louis XIV on the obverse with the crowned royal shield on the reverse. Vlack stated there were 200,000 of the 5 sol coins and 40,000 of the 15 sol coins sent to Canada. Although a copper two denier coin called a &quot;double&quot; was authorized it did not go into production; only one example is extant. This coin displays a crowned L on the obverse and a legend on the reverse.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>By an edict of October 1692 Louis XIV ordered older billon coinage still in circulation to be restruck with new designs and reissued as sous of 15 deniers. Some of this coinage was counterstamped and sent to Nouvelle France where they circulated at fluctuating values. Coins dated 1692-1697 were included in this grouping and can be positively assigned to this second counterstamped group.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here&#039;s an example of the last coinage spoken about and one of my newest acquisitions for my Colonial Collection.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2"><font face="Arial">Ps: The above write-up is by Louis Jordan, used with his permission, and can be seen here (with noted references thereto):</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #800080"><a href="http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/VA-halfd.intro.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/VA-halfd.intro.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/VA-halfd.intro.html</a></span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial">The Notre Dame collection and website is very educational and loaded with colonial coinage information.&nbsp; :thumb:</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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