French Medal

I was looking at the PDF posted at above link and noticed a French medal pictured on page 5. This medal reminded me about a similar medal I have in my box of unidentified medals/coins.

While looking at the medal I have, I noticed the obverse is similar to the image in pdf, while the reverse is different. So, would have appreciated if you can please identify the medal and provide some additional information.




Regards,
Ballabh Garg

 

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no idea but is very neat. =)

 

Hello,

These medals where issued during the french revolution and eventually went into circulation in those time of shortage of change : worth 5 sols as stated on reverse (5 centimes is 1 sol = 1 sou)

Cucumbor

 

There are several different designs of these tokens.
The link below, should give you a little more insight into the history of them.

http://www.napoleonicmedals.org/coins/fr92-1.htm

 

Thanks much for the link above. I found the same medal listed on this site and now I have more information regarding this medal.

Regards,
Ballabh Garg