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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 22119, member: 112&quot;]Hmmmm - my info says Malbay served from 1650 to 1654.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is no sign of an overstrike at all - 0. I have looked at many overstruck French coins from the 17th &amp; 18th centuries. But never have I seen one with even one letter of the previous legend so distinct. Typically - they are rather faint but fully visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is beautiful - completely uncirculated. The original mint luster literally drips off this coin. There are 2 flaws - a small planchet flaw on the obverse just behind the nape of the neck. And at the top center obverse there is a small raised area just inside the rim that looks to be the beginnings of a cud.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pics of similar coins from the Limoges mint are hard to come by - Krause doesn&#039;t even have any. But the extra F does not exist on any coin of any denomination from this period that I can find. Thus I can only assume it is a genuine mint error - and a truly uncommon one - a blundered legend. By the way - that privy mark - it is supposed to be a crucifix. Sure doesn&#039;t look like one to me&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a first for me with French coinage. I have seen and am aware of more than a few such examples that exist with Spanish colonial coinage - so I have little doubt they exist. But I have never seen nor even read of one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any other help or info you can provide Ian would be appreciated&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>PS - knew I forgot somthin&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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