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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 2875110, member: 4910&quot;]Re: The 1838 French coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins circulated in America as money.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1891 two prospectors near California&#039;s Donner Lake found a cache of silver coins which had been buried by a member of the Donner Party in 1847.</p><p><br /></p><p>Included were two French silver five franc coins dated 1838.</p><p><br /></p><p>From <i>Numismatic Finds of the Americas</i>, John M. Kleeberg, American Numismatic Society, New York, 2009</p><p>Newman Numismatic Portal</p><p><a href="https://www.archive.org/stream/numismaticfindso00klee#page/196/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.archive.org/stream/numismaticfindso00klee#page/196/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">https://www.archive.org/stream/numismaticfindso00klee#page/196/mode/2up</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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