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Message:: [QUOTE="mycos, post: 541804, member: 17663"]GDJMSP,Apologies for getting your profile name wrong previously.Now that i know the coin isn't worth a fortune I'll explain the circumstances of how it came to be in my possession. During late 2008 my parents bought a holiday home located in a very small village called Liauson in the Hreault region of France. More recently my father and I started to renovate the cellar / cave into an additional bedroom, during this process i decided it would be worth while re-pointing the ceiling of the cave. It's kind of a very "very" rough vaulted roof approximately 2M high in the centre. Whilst pointing various old pieces of mortar fell out and were replaced with new. However behind a large stone possibly a lintel of some description i found a green disk stuck in the mortar only by the base and not covered, In my opinion placed there intentionally. I'm no expert but i would say that the coin has dated the cellar of the house to 1593 ish in addition to other elements of the village. The additional information I'm looking for would be to understand the relative value the coin held around that date. i.e would it have brought a loaf of bread or a farm <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. This could provide an insight into how important the village was, or wasn't.Thanks again for all your information.Mike[/QUOTE]