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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 135330, member: 283&quot;]I hate to be the harbinger of bad news, but your medal is a fairly modern `restrike/ reproduction&#039;. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Paris mint (where this item was struck) didn&#039;t start applying edge marks until 1832. The 2Argent relates to the metal purity, which in this case is .500 (or so I am led to believe). I seem to recall that they didn&#039;t start using .500 silver until the 1880&#039;s. I could be wrong about that though.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t recognise the edge mark from your description. These marks are small, and without powerfull magnification the mind can make them look like whatever the imagination comes up with. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m reasonably confident that your medal was minted circa the 1900&#039;s and specifically for the collectors market. As such there wouldn&#039;t havee been all that many made.....but demand at the time wouldn&#039;t have been all that great either. It&#039;s likely to be even less now. To be honest I have no idea what the demand for items such as yours currently is. I suspect that if you put it up for sale on ebay you&#039;d be disappointed with the results. Maybe not though, as all you need is two people with the `must have&#039; urge. I&#039;d be surprised if it attracted more than $20 though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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