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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2921316, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><font size="5">French Colonies: copper sou of Louis XV, 1767, with post-revolutionary 1793 &quot;RF&quot; counterstamp</font></b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/FrenchColonies-1sou-RF-1767-008100-coin-800x500.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/FrenchColonies-1sou-RF-1767-008100-slab.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse:</b> crossed batons flanked by initials of Louis XV (original Paris &quot;A&quot; mintmark obscured by later 1793 counterstamp).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse: </b>French royal fleur-de-lis emblem, crowned and surrounded by wreath (fleur-de-lis obscured by later 1793 counterstamp). </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS F15 (counterstamp graded XF), cert.#32089336. Ex-Lost Dutchman Rare Coins, Indianapolis, IN (via &quot;indycoindealer&quot; eBay ID), 11/06/2014.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">These interesting copper coins were struck for the French Colonies in the Caribbean, but since they also circulated in the early United States, particularly Louisiana into the early 19th century, they are included in the colonial coin section of the &quot;Red Book&quot; of United States coins. This example, like most surviving specimens, has an official &quot;RF&quot; (République Française) counterstamp applied circa 1793, after the French Revolution. The unstamped pieces are a bit scarcer today, but I think counterstamps are interesting and I was happy to add one to my collection. Because of the counterstamp and its dual world coin/US coin catalog status, this piece fits into several different categories.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Miscellaneous links:</b></font></font></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/cert/32089336" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/cert/32089336" rel="nofollow">PCGS cert verification page</a> (w/TrueView image link)</p><p><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/colonial_coins/french_colonies/1767_sous/1767_french_colonies_sou_with_RF.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/colonial_coins/french_colonies/1767_sous/1767_french_colonies_sou_with_RF.htm" rel="nofollow">PCGS Coinfacts page for this variety</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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