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<p>[QUOTE="Ian, post: 34678, member: 283"]Sadly there is no privy mark for 1856 that fits the bill as you describe. What you think it might be and what it actually is (in its worn down state) are obviously two different things <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p> I suspect it might be what the french call a `lampe ancien', that is, an old oil lamp (alladin style), and if so it is from Lille.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lyon mint had a Lion for the privy mark during 1856; Bordeaux had a leaf; Marseille had a scallop shell; Rouen had a cross formed by a pick and hammer; Strasbourg a bee; and Paris a hand popinting to the right.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can't help you furtherwithout seeing the privy mark for myself. Regardless, in that state it's value is only as either a heavy duty fuse, a beer mat for the little people, a conversation piece or whatever else your imagination can conjure up. ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p>Ian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ian, post: 34678, member: 283"]Sadly there is no privy mark for 1856 that fits the bill as you describe. What you think it might be and what it actually is (in its worn down state) are obviously two different things :-) I suspect it might be what the french call a `lampe ancien', that is, an old oil lamp (alladin style), and if so it is from Lille. Lyon mint had a Lion for the privy mark during 1856; Bordeaux had a leaf; Marseille had a scallop shell; Rouen had a cross formed by a pick and hammer; Strasbourg a bee; and Paris a hand popinting to the right. I can't help you furtherwithout seeing the privy mark for myself. Regardless, in that state it's value is only as either a heavy duty fuse, a beer mat for the little people, a conversation piece or whatever else your imagination can conjure up. ;-) Ian[/QUOTE]
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