1751 Franco-American Jeton. Betts-385. Silvered Bronze, 28.5 mm. Standing Indian, No Alligator. AU-58 (PCGS). 107.8 grains. Plain edge. Fully brilliant silvering is intact everywhere but for the central high points of the reverse device. A frosty and attractive piece with only trivial hairlines and very subtle evidence of handling. The standing native figure and her crops, along with a legend that Betts translates as "they increase beneath every constellation," was designed as an inducement to would-be French settlers who might consider farming the fertile lands of Nouvelle France. This is a neat early strike in an unusual and scarce composition. PCGS# 619509. <strong>To view supplemental information and all items from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, click<a href="https://stacksbowers.com/sydney-f-martin-collection/"target=’_blank’> here.</a></strong> From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Charltons 1969 CNA sale, August 1969, part of lot 1582; our (Stacks) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIII, January 2006, lot 461.
