1722/1-H French Colonies Sou, or 9 Deniers. La Rochelle Mint. Martin 2.5-C.1, W-11835. Rarity-3. VF-25 (PCGS). 96.4 grains. Glossy medium brown with lighter brown devices. A pleasing piece with just some minor underlying roughness and no major marks other than a few thin, old scratches. Full detail except for the top parts of the letters of BENEDICTUM and just a sliver of the upright of the F of FRANCOIS that did not make the planchet. Overall solid detail and eye appeal for the grade. The overdate is clear. Advanced obverse die state with swelling and die cracks on that side. PCGS# 905873. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Robert A. Vlack; John Kraljevich, August 2011. Reverse plated in the Martin reference "French Coinage Specifically for Colonial America," p. 352.
