1670-A French Colonies 5 Sols. Paris Mint. Martin 6-D. Lecompte-186, W-11605, Breen-256. AU-50+ (PCGS). Beautiful autumnal gold, russet, and green cling to peripheral legends and design elements, a contrast with frosty pale silver gray surfaces. Some evidence of planchet adjustment is present within the reverse crown and better hidden in the portrait bust. Very attractive and well detailed, showing few notable defects; a short flaw above A of NAV appears to be mint-made. The obverse die is in an early, unbroken state, while the reverse die shows spalling at left. This reverse also shows a raised speck of spalling between REGN and I, which appears to be the stop or period mentioned by Lecompte in the listing of his 186a.<p>A handsome high grade piece, with a far prettier patina than most. PCGS# 905848. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Heritages New York sale of January 2013, lot 20593.
