1767-A Sou 1793 "RF" Counterstamp, BN MS(PCGS#158637)

November 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

1180

Grade

XF45BN

Prix

145

Description du lot

167.6 grains. Breen estimated (on unknown authority) that 98% of the 1.6 million-coin mintage for this issue was counterstamped RF in 1793, to designate it for circulation in Guadeloupe. That number seems aggressive, but it underscores the point: these pieces apparently didn't get very far in 1767, and the vast majority of the mintage was either still in Paris or recalled to be marked and circulated decades later, again primarily in the West Indies, but with some pieces probably finding their way into the North American economy through the avenues of international commerce.