define `medal-coin'.
The constitutional monarchy continued up to Louis XVI demise on 21st January 1793. Much of the coinage intended for 1793 had already been coined...
Yes indeed. I have a couple of examples from different mints, mainly (but not exclusively) from the period 1790-93. I believe it was the 2nd...
Strangely enough I mentioned that exact same thing just a few hours ago in relation to Sylvesters thread concerning his new (french) additions.
I tried to stick solely to dates for Paris mint, in keeping with Syl's objectives :-). However, now you mention it although 1790 is not...
As I mentioned in my last response to you, your silver 1/10th IS Paris mint (`A' mint mark in the legend just under the shield on the reverse)....
Personally, knowing your interests, I think you could really get yourself into the different small silver coins ranging from the ones first issued...
The dies were different at each mint, and sometimes the lettering in the legends could have been arranged / spaced a bit better than they turned...
As GD did not address your query on this, perhaps you can clarify what you see as being wrong with the `U' ? As an aside, during the 1700's,...
Being a bit of a cynic, if the Chinese government does its bit to prevent the shipment of Chinese coins, then at one stroke the flow into the...
I'd be interested to learn how you determined the coin as being a fake / what the indicators were (if you can remember). I must say that although...
You are one up on me with the Jersey 3/-. That one has always eluded me (at a price I can afford). There are two different issues of the B of E...
You can find the coin listed in Krause Mischlers `Standard Catalogue of World Coins - 1801 -1900' under Great Britain and under `token issues'...
Neither book is truly `adequate' in my opinion, and it all depends how your interest takes you as to which will be the better longer term...
It's not a coin. Exactly what it's purpose is / was I couldn't tell you but I can tell you that it is relatively modern and relatively worthless...
Michael Mitchiner has produced a three volume referencve in English on them covering early / mediaeval; UK jetons; and the Lowlands and France....
Well done that man!! Feuardent # 12527 apparently. The item has been determined as representing a `celestial shield'. (The french penchant for...
It's NOT the darkside. It is route to enlightenment .....see the light?...feel the force?..... ;-)
Jetons commenced in life as reckoning counters. Before europeans got into using arabic numerals and arithmetic, counting was done using a...
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