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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 2587126, member: 72790&quot;]Your French copper of 1792 is an interesting coin because of its short term mintage. The French Revolution was on (started in 1789) and the king, Louis XVI was still on his throne, barely, and at this stage the monarch was still permitted to remain the monarch, though pretty much now a titular leader with greatly reduced powers. Within a few months the radical Jacobins would seize control of the revolution, declare France a republic and no longer needing a king would send him to Madame Guillotine for a close shave (to use the Jacobins&#039; phraseology). By the way before the Revolution the language on French coinage was in Latin, but once it got going the language used was French, to emphasize French nationalism.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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