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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 198607, member: 283&quot;]Not so Aidan.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Privy mark for the Engraver General (common to all mints in 1855) was either a Dogs head or an Anchor. This is because in that year there was a change in the Engraver General. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now then, in 1855 the Mint Directors Privy mark for Paris Mint was a Hand&nbsp; (`Main Indicatrice&#039;). At Strasbourg that year, the Mint Directors privy mark was a Bee (`abeille&#039;). We are therefore doubly assured that the coin in question was minted in Strasbourg (BB mint mark AND Bee privy mark). The only thing we don&#039;t know is whether it was struck during the outgoing Engraver General&#039;s term of office or whether during the newcomers. We do however know that in relation to this coin there is nothing whatsoever about the bee privy mark that suggests `Paris&#039;, at least not for that time frame. The Mint Director at Paris did however use a Bee privy mark during the period 1860 -79.....but this coin is rather obviously dated 1855 is it not?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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