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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 388430, member: 12965&quot;]Hey Olga, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I asked a friend of mine in France what the value of your coin is and he said somewhere in the neighborhood of a grand, but being a jewelry piece might bring it down some. Also, he said that during the reign of Louis XIV, it was a rather common practice to overstrike earlier coinage.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Personally, I think it is totally awesome, especially being able to see so much detail of the former coin. :thumb: I just wish we could make out the mint mark on the reverse but maybe with a closer examination, it can be seen. :kewl: </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Tell your mom what it&#039;s worth and maybe she won&#039;t be so worried about former spirits. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ps: Here are a couple more overstrikes similar to your coin and the first one appears to have been a 1691 Aux L type and it also appears to have more than one overstrike, so I don&#039;t have a clue what it was originally. The second coin is harder to make out what was overstruck, but there are faint markings remaining.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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