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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 03-10-2005, 06:59 AM   #1 (permalink) tucker Junior Member   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 3 Louis XVI Interesting coin...I would appreciate some help with this coin/clip.It is a Louis XVI silver coin. The coin has been used to make a silver money clip of some sort, so I can't see the back side without taking it apart. It has stamped on the front "LUD.XVI.D.G.FR.ET NA.RE.B" It also has a painters brush beneath the left facing bust. It is in excellent condition and I can't bring myself to remove it from the clip to see the back side. Any help? Thank you in advance.   03-10-2005, 12:53 PM   #2 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 23,528 Howdy tucker - Welcome to the Forum !! If you can provide a picture it would be most helpful. It would also be helpful if you could tell us the size of the coin in millimeters. If you cannot measure it - then compare it to the size of a US coin that is equal size. __________________ knowledge ..... share it   03-10-2005, 06:57 PM   #3 (permalink) tucker Junior Member   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 3 Thanks for the welcom. Sorry it took so long fo me to respond...I just returned from work. The coin measures 42 mm across and 2 1/2 mm thick at the edge. I will try to take a digital phot on post it soon. Thank you for responding, any help is appreciated.   03-10-2005, 09:55 PM   #4 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 23,528 Ok - here's a couple for you to look at. Tell me which one your coin looks like. # 1 edited - OK - does it look like the one above ? __________________ knowledge ..... share it Last edited by GDJMSP; 03-10-2005 at 10:09 PM.   03-10-2005, 09:59 PM   #5 (permalink) Aidan Work Numismatist   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wellington,New Zealand. Posts: 6,467 GDJMSP,the second Ecu coin that you posted is King Louis XIV,not King Louis XVI. Aidan.   03-10-2005, 10:07 PM   #6 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 23,528 You're right Aidan - I grabbed the wrong link - DOH ! __________________ knowledge ..... share it   03-10-2005, 10:13 PM   #7 (permalink) Aidan Work Numismatist   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wellington,New Zealand. Posts: 6,467 GDJMSP,I can guess that you are looking for a picture of the 'Constitutional' Ecu. Aidan.   03-10-2005, 10:54 PM   #8 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 23,528 No - I was just looking for another type of the Louis XVI ecu. __________________ knowledge ..... share it   03-10-2005, 10:56 PM   #9 (permalink) Aidan Work Numismatist   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wellington,New Zealand. Posts: 6,467 Which other type of King Louis XVI Ecu is there apart from the traditional shield type & the 'Constitutional' type? I am aware of only 2 types,not 3. Aidan.   03-10-2005, 10:59 PM   #10 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 23,528 Read the legend that tucker provided in his original post. What you are calling the traditional type ends in REX - not REB. Only the Bearn type legend ends in REB. __________________ knowledge ..... share it   03-10-2005, 11:14 PM   #11 (permalink) Aidan Work Numismatist   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wellington,New Zealand. Posts: 6,467 Oh,I had forgotten about the Province of Bearn issue.As I have never had one of these coins,let alone seen one,I am very unfamiliar with its design,which could be distinctive to the area. Aidan.   03-11-2005, 07:08 AM   #12 (permalink) tucker Junior Member   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 3 You are correct the lettering on the coin ends with REB. Also there is a painters brush at the bottom of the bust. Over the weekend I will try to post a photo. 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