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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1400446, member: 24633&quot;]Bart,</p><p><br /></p><p>There are times when the Paris Mint will release restrikes, and you would need to search their annual catalogs to determine whether or not they produced any. The problem is that these annual catalogs are very hard to come by and are fairly expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, there is one other way that might give you a clue for your 1757 medal. You see, the French Mint didn&#039;t start using a <b>different</b> (mintmark) on the medals until 1841. Each new Director of the Mint would select his own design for the different. About 1880, the Mint decided to do away with the Director choosing his own design, and the <b>cornucopia</b> became the permanent mintmark for medals. So, if you have any Paris Mint medal that is dated earlier than 1841 and it has a mintmark on the edge, then it is a restrike. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have the 1889 Universal Exposition medal, too. Give me time to dig it out, and I&#039;ll give you more info. In the meantime, here is another of the official medals produced for the 1889 Exposition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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