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<p>[QUOTE="Moekeever, post: 2580502, member: 76158"]<font size="4"><b>This might be the coin. It's close on diameter & weight and has the edge lettering I couldn't read. What's really weird is my GGG-grandfather was born in Paris, France in 1799 and the entire family fled from France to Canada in 1801. Could it possibly be a family pocket piece passed down 4 generations?</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Features</b></font></p><p><b>Country</b> <a href="http://en.numista.com/catalogue/france-1.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.numista.com/catalogue/france-1.html" rel="nofollow">France</a> </p><p><b>Years</b> 5-9 (1796-1800)</p><p><b>Calendar</b> French republican</p><p><b>Value</b> 5 Centimes (0.05)</p><p><b>Metal</b> Bronze</p><p><b>Weight</b> 10 g</p><p><b>Diameter</b> 28 mm</p><p><b>Thickness</b> 2 mm</p><p><b>Shape</b> Round</p><p><b>Orientation</b> Coin alignment ↑↓</p><p><b>Demonetized</b> 10-01-1856</p><p><b>References</b> KM# 640, Gad# 126</p><p>chevron</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://static-numista.com/catalogue/photos/france/g3186.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://static-numista.com/catalogue/photos/france/g3186.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://static-numista.com/catalogue/photos/france/3186.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]560055[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Moekeever, post: 2580502, member: 76158"][SIZE=4][B]This might be the coin. It's close on diameter & weight and has the edge lettering I couldn't read. What's really weird is my GGG-grandfather was born in Paris, France in 1799 and the entire family fled from France to Canada in 1801. Could it possibly be a family pocket piece passed down 4 generations?[/B] [B][/B] [B]Features[/B][/SIZE] [B]Country[/B] [URL='http://en.numista.com/catalogue/france-1.html']France[/URL] [B]Years[/B] 5-9 (1796-1800) [B]Calendar[/B] French republican [B]Value[/B] 5 Centimes (0.05) [B]Metal[/B] Bronze [B]Weight[/B] 10 g [B]Diameter[/B] 28 mm [B]Thickness[/B] 2 mm [B]Shape[/B] Round [B]Orientation[/B] Coin alignment ↑↓ [B]Demonetized[/B] 10-01-1856 [B]References[/B] KM# 640, Gad# 126 chevron [URL='http://static-numista.com/catalogue/photos/france/g3186.jpg'][IMG]http://static-numista.com/catalogue/photos/france/3186.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [ATTACH=full]560055[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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