1742/1-A Sou Marque. Paris Mint. Vlack-21a. Rarity-8. First Semester. AU-53 (PCGS).30.8 grains. Warm golden-olive patina with full silvering to both sides. The planchet is lightly flawed in the centers, affecting the detail in those areas, but the strike is appreciably sharper toward the borders. The underdigit is more pronounced on this variety than on the Vlack 21c second semester example offered below.PCGS# 915850.From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from our (Stacks) sale of the Robert A. Vlack Collection, January 2008 Americana Sale, lot 5237. The plate coin for the variety in the 2004 Vlack reference on French billon coinage in the Americas.
