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Collector's Choice October 2021 Auction 12-14 Oct 2021
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FRANCE. Veduta with Stone Bridge & Sailboat Copper Coin Art/Love Token -- 2 Sous, 1793-AA. Metz Mint. Louis XVI. Engraving: CHOICE EXTREMELY FINE.
cf. KM-603.2 (for host coin). Diameter: 33mm; Weight: 19.94 gms. "Obverse": Veduta with church and man walking on stone bridge in foreground; two sailboats on waterway; in background, cityscape before hills; "Reverse": LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANÇOIS, garlanded, draped, and armored bust left. Edge: Plain. Radiant and lustrous, with stunning, highly intricate detail, though the host coin is very well worn.
cf. KM-603.2 (for host coin). Diameter: 33mm; Weight: 19.94 gms. "Obverse": Veduta with church and man walking on stone bridge in foreground; two sailboats on waterway; in background, cityscape before hills; "Reverse": LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANÇOIS, garlanded, draped, and armored bust left. Edge: Plain. Radiant and lustrous, with stunning, highly intricate detail, though the host coin is very well worn.
A charming and elaborate engraving on a fairly broad host coin as the canvas, this 2 Sols from the last year of the reign of Louis XVI presents a charming cityscape divided by a waterway. A stone bridge in the foreground is being crossed by a man, while the rayed pattern in the sky gives the feeling of a rising sun.
Estimate: $75 - $150