1767-A Sou. RF Counterstamp, Breen-701 PCGS AU53. 179.4 grains. An unusually glossy and high grade example of this type, usually found granular, worn, or worse. This piece retains excellent surfaces and details, with only some little specks of surface verdigris here and there to note.
The countermark is evenly impressed and centered to the lower left of the central obverse. Struck after the French gave up their mainland North American possessions, then countermarked for use on Guadeloupe in 1793, this issue is not properly an American colonial but it, like so many West Indian coinages, likely made its way into the pockets of Americans through trade.