1754 Franco-American Jeton. Beavers Building a Dam. Betts-389, Breton-514, Frossard-26. Copper. Plain Edge. MS-62 BN (PCGS).Coin turn. 98.5 grains. 28.2 mm. Pieces from these dies are considerably rarer in copper than in silver. This piece shows a good deal of mint color remaining around devices and frosty blue-hued chocolate brown elsewhere. Some very shallow surface roughness is hidden at the central obverse and a tiny rim nick is seen atop the reverse. Lustrous and appealing, a fine way to display this famous design.From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from the stock of Burdette G. Johnson; Spink Americas sale of June 1997, part of lot 76.
