1670-A French Colonies 5 Sols. Paris Mint. Martin 5-H. Lecompte-186, W-11605, Breen-256. EF-45 (PCGS). A very attractive example, with a lot of luster over gold and peach tinted silver gray surfaces. The obverse shows scattered trivial marks and hairlines, nothing serious. The reverse shows some spotting at right and a bit of weakness at center. A boomerang-shaped die crack crosses the date and invades the crown, and a light crack extends past the open end of G into the back of the head on the obverse. <p><p>Plated in Martins <em>French Coinage Specifically for Colonial America</em> to illustrate Reverse H, page 66. Syd knew of just two examples from this die marriage, this one and one he graded F-15-. This is a lovely example of the variety or type. PCGS# 905849. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Jack Beymer, May 2006.
