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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 25163, member: 669&quot;]Welcome to the forum coinx. About the only thing I have been able to make out is that you are posting a mirror image of the reverse of the 40F.&nbsp; If it is genuine (which can&#039;t be discerned from the scan) the 3rd Ed. 19th Century Krause lists values of $200 F, $225 VF, $325 XF, $1,500 Unc, and $10,000 proof.&nbsp; Based on what I can see of the details, the reverse is no better than VF at best, but the obverse may be XF.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not very knowledgeable on Empire French coinage, but Krause doesn&#039;t mention anything a a star having any significance with regard to KM#664.1, a 12.9039g .900 gold coin with a $165-175 bullion value at today&#039;s gold price.&nbsp; In fact the only mention of a star is a notation that it was Mintmaster Cyprian Gallard&#039;s privy mark at the Marseille mint in 1809.&nbsp; (The AN 13 40F was minted at Paris.)</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the other three are concerned, you have to either do a little editing on your scans to lighten them up and increase the contrast, or find someone with much better eyes than mine to look at them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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