1670-A French Colonies 5 Sols. Paris Mint. Martin 12-A. Lecompte-186, W-11605, Breen-256. AU-55 (PCGS). Martins plate coin for Obverse 12, the sole example of this die marriage encountered by him. Frosty light silver gray with darker tones around peripheral legends on both sides. Exquisitely well detailed and very pleasing. A single horizontal adjustment mark is noted near central obverse; diagonal ones run along the same path as Louis hair and blend in. Similar crisscross shallow adjustment lines are seen at central reverse, along with a batch at the rim above DIC. The thin crack that runs through G of GLORIAM appears to be in an earlier die state than the Martin 2-A in the collection. The obverse is perfect. PCGS# 905854. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Vincent W. Alones Collection; Apoth Coins (Lynchburg, Virginia) Virginia Numismatic Association auction of September 2012, lot 2.
