Posted 09/29/2011 10:52 pm
The mint mark is on the reverse under the shield - here it appears to be a V that was possibly drilled and repaired. The coin may have been a pendant. The figure under the bust is a privy mark used to identify the mint and/or engraver of the dies. This appears to be a Rooster?
The only copper issue from the V mint (Troyes) is a Half sol of 1770 and 1771. There were no Sols made in Troyes in the 1770s - at least according to my edition of Krause. But I can not correlate a V mint with a Rooster privy mark in any event.
The only copper issue from the V mint (Troyes) is a Half sol of 1770 and 1771. There were no Sols made in Troyes in the 1770s - at least according to my edition of Krause. But I can not correlate a V mint with a Rooster privy mark in any event.
