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<p>[QUOTE="Ian, post: 34642, member: 283"]That sounds like a `Dix (10) Centimes'. Presumably it isn't that worn that you can still tell that it's French though (?) and as such maybe there is enough information still left to attribute it to a mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the reverse should be an eagle sitting on a branch with wings half open. Immediately under the talons should be a letter. This is the mint mark and determines where it was minted. If you can't see that, you can still determine the mint if the privy marks on the obverse are still there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Either side of the date you can find a small symbol. On 10 c coins, the one to the left is the Engraver General's mark. The one to the right is the Mint Director's privy mark. Each Mint Director had a different mark which therefore attributes the coin to a specific mine at a specific period. Of course you will need to know how to interpret these symbols, and Krause Mischler gives that very information at the start of the French section in it's 1801 -1900 catalogue of world coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope that helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ian, post: 34642, member: 283"]That sounds like a `Dix (10) Centimes'. Presumably it isn't that worn that you can still tell that it's French though (?) and as such maybe there is enough information still left to attribute it to a mint. On the reverse should be an eagle sitting on a branch with wings half open. Immediately under the talons should be a letter. This is the mint mark and determines where it was minted. If you can't see that, you can still determine the mint if the privy marks on the obverse are still there. Either side of the date you can find a small symbol. On 10 c coins, the one to the left is the Engraver General's mark. The one to the right is the Mint Director's privy mark. Each Mint Director had a different mark which therefore attributes the coin to a specific mine at a specific period. Of course you will need to know how to interpret these symbols, and Krause Mischler gives that very information at the start of the French section in it's 1801 -1900 catalogue of world coins. Hope that helps.[/QUOTE]
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