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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 26146362, member: 128351&quot;]In 1682 Louis XIV, king of France, ordered a plain silver furniture for his new palace of Versailles. Tables, mirrors, other kind of furniture were made of plain silver, it was something unique (and a bit insane) called &quot;<i>la Grande Argenterie</i>&quot;. There were tables of 350 kilograms, mirrors of 425 kg. A total of 20 tons of silver. He had it all melted in 1689 to strike silver coins and finance the war... </p><p><br /></p><p>During the French Revolution, starting from 1791, many if not most French copper coins were made of &quot;<i>métal de cloche</i>&quot; (bell metal). Most church bells had been seized by the government and melted to make coins.</p><p>This coin, for ex. (not mine) :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1669463[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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