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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 39889, member: 112&quot;]No reason to be afraid to say it - that&#039;s how <i>it looks</i> in the scan. But in real life it looks entirely different&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; What you think looks like a stain is the way the scanner picks up the toning on the coin. Wait until I do images with a digital camera - then you&#039;ll see the difference. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course you may be of the opinion that toning is a stain.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Louis d&#039;or was struck up to and including 1793 - but at no time did the coin bear the angel design. The obverse has the bust of the king and the reverse the arms of France. </p><p><br /></p><p>These were the only gold coins struck during the revolutionary period - there were no other French gold coins issued until the rule of Napoleon as Consul.</p><p><br /></p><p>Andy is correct in his comment that the 24 livres of 1793 was the first coin to have the angel design on the obverse of the coin. But the angel design, though slightly different, was used on the 15 sols and the 30 sols as early as 1791. The angel design was not used on a gold coin until 1848.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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