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<p>[QUOTE="Cucumbor, post: 2578731, member: 4298"]Thanks [USER=8959]@Eduard[/USER] for the kind words.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is indeed a restrike from somewhen during XIX° century. One can recognize them by the lack of dot after <b>1.S</b> and the dots after the date. All of them are from the Metz mint (AA). There are some nice examples on sale from time to time, quite pricey, though</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.poinsignon-numismatique.com/coins_r5/french-modern-coins_c22/national-convention-1792-1795_p188/convention-1792-1795-sol-aux-balances-1793aa-metz-refrappe_article_81362.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.poinsignon-numismatique.com/coins_r5/french-modern-coins_c22/national-convention-1792-1795_p188/convention-1792-1795-sol-aux-balances-1793aa-metz-refrappe_article_81362.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.poinsignon-numismatique.com/coins_r5/french-modern-coins_c22/national-convention-1792-1795_p188/convention-1792-1795-sol-aux-balances-1793aa-metz-refrappe_article_81362.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.numisaisne.com/gad-19-convention-sol-aux-balances-1793-aa-metz-sup-c2x21377508?PGFLngID=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numisaisne.com/gad-19-convention-sol-aux-balances-1793-aa-metz-sup-c2x21377508?PGFLngID=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.numisaisne.com/gad-19-convention-sol-aux-balances-1793-aa-metz-sup-c2x21377508?PGFLngID=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cgb.fr/la-convention-refrappe-de-la-piece-de-un-sol-dite-a-la-table-de-loi-1793-metz,bry_275627,a.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cgb.fr/la-convention-refrappe-de-la-piece-de-un-sol-dite-a-la-table-de-loi-1793-metz,bry_275627,a.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cgb.fr/la-convention-refrappe-de-la-piece-de-un-sol-dite-a-la-table-de-loi-1793-metz,bry_275627,a.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.beaussant-lefevre.com/html/fiche.jsp?id=3809673&np=1&lng=fr&npp=10000&ordre=&aff=&r=&sold=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.beaussant-lefevre.com/html/fiche.jsp?id=3809673&np=1&lng=fr&npp=10000&ordre=&aff=&r=&sold=" rel="nofollow">http://www.beaussant-lefevre.com/html/fiche.jsp?id=3809673&np=1&lng=fr&npp=10000&ordre=&aff=&r=&sold=</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes it's the thick cheek type, you're right. For 1808D (Lyon mint), according to <b>le franc 10</b> which is the reference book for french modern coins (in short our <b>red book</b>), with a mintage of 870 000, it would be the fourth known example (they record only three in the book and aren't aware of that one.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm sorry I can't post any 5 francs Hercule or six livres ecu as I don't have any.</p><p>All I can do is adding two coins from the immediate successors of Napoleon</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0130-Louis_XVIII_2F.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Louis XVIII (1814-1824) - 2 francs 1823 W </b> Atelier de Lille (W)</p><p>LOUIS XVIII ROI DE FRANCE . tête a gauche</p><p>Ecu de france couronné dans une couronne de laurier, dans le champ 2 | F, a l'exergue 1823 W</p><p>Tranche inscrite : DOMINE SALVVM FAC REGEM</p><p>9.97 gr</p><p>Ref : Le Franc VIII # 257/50</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0140-Charles_X_2F.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Charles X (1824-1830) - 2 francs 1826 L </b> Atelier de Bayonne (L)</p><p>CHARLES X ROI DE FRANCE . tête a gauche</p><p>Ecu de france couronné dans une couronne de laurier, dans le champ 2 | F, a l'exergue 1826 L</p><p>Tranche inscrite : DOMINE SALVVM FAC REGEM</p><p>9.87 gr</p><p>Ref : Le Franc VIII # 258/19</p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cucumbor, post: 2578731, member: 4298"]Thanks [USER=8959]@Eduard[/USER] for the kind words. It is indeed a restrike from somewhen during XIX° century. One can recognize them by the lack of dot after [B]1.S[/B] and the dots after the date. All of them are from the Metz mint (AA). There are some nice examples on sale from time to time, quite pricey, though [url]http://www.poinsignon-numismatique.com/coins_r5/french-modern-coins_c22/national-convention-1792-1795_p188/convention-1792-1795-sol-aux-balances-1793aa-metz-refrappe_article_81362.html[/url] [url]http://www.numisaisne.com/gad-19-convention-sol-aux-balances-1793-aa-metz-sup-c2x21377508?PGFLngID=0[/url] [url]http://www.cgb.fr/la-convention-refrappe-de-la-piece-de-un-sol-dite-a-la-table-de-loi-1793-metz,bry_275627,a.html[/url] [url]http://www.beaussant-lefevre.com/html/fiche.jsp?id=3809673&np=1&lng=fr&npp=10000&ordre=&aff=&r=&sold=[/url] Yes it's the thick cheek type, you're right. For 1808D (Lyon mint), according to [B]le franc 10[/B] which is the reference book for french modern coins (in short our [B]red book[/B]), with a mintage of 870 000, it would be the fourth known example (they record only three in the book and aren't aware of that one. I'm sorry I can't post any 5 francs Hercule or six livres ecu as I don't have any. All I can do is adding two coins from the immediate successors of Napoleon [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0130-Louis_XVIII_2F.jpg[/IMG] [B] Louis XVIII (1814-1824) - 2 francs 1823 W [/B] Atelier de Lille (W) LOUIS XVIII ROI DE FRANCE . tête a gauche Ecu de france couronné dans une couronne de laurier, dans le champ 2 | F, a l'exergue 1823 W Tranche inscrite : DOMINE SALVVM FAC REGEM 9.97 gr Ref : Le Franc VIII # 257/50 [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0140-Charles_X_2F.jpg[/IMG] [B] Charles X (1824-1830) - 2 francs 1826 L [/B] Atelier de Bayonne (L) CHARLES X ROI DE FRANCE . tête a gauche Ecu de france couronné dans une couronne de laurier, dans le champ 2 | F, a l'exergue 1826 L Tranche inscrite : DOMINE SALVVM FAC REGEM 9.87 gr Ref : Le Franc VIII # 258/19 Q[/QUOTE]
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