28.8mm. 6.2g. Plain edge. Upset dies. The obverse features a laureated portrait of Louis XIV without an engraver’s name below the bust, though clash marks appear there (as on all original strikes seen of this variety). The reverse is signed C.N.R. for Charles Norbert Röettiers. According to McLachlan (1886), it depicts "Three beavers at work on left of stream; on right Indian corn growing.” He adds, “This has reference to the failure to obtain the much-desired precious metals in Canada. It is here indicated that the fur trade, represented by the beavers, of which the French almost held a monopoly, was in no degree inferior to the products of the Spanish possessions.” The present example shows a bit of rub and smooth stone-gray surfaces.

Ex: Wayte Raymond; C. Margolis; Donald G. Partrick.