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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Chris B, post: 24864672, member: 87179&quot;]It&#039;s been a slow couple of months for acquisitions. Here are the only 2 pieces of note.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Essequibo &amp; Demarary&nbsp; pieces are just cool (to me). Apparently I just buy them when I see them. It&#039;s the 3rd (and best) one I have purchased.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1594956[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And this French medal:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1594957[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sellers description:</p><p>France, Council of Elders, 1798 Medal, UNC, Very unique oval Bronze medal commemorating The Directory, Council of Elders, Year VII (1798) Paris. Unsigned. Beam surmounted by the cap of Liberty, surrounded by two cornucopias, an olive branch, and an oak branch; above: a laurel wreath; in the epigraph: REPRESENTATIVE/ OF THE PEOPLE/ THE YEAR VII, R/COUNCIL OF ELDERS, In a circle formed by the snake biting its tail, the level and the tables of the Constitution inscribed CONSTITUTION/ DE/ AN THREE. 46x56mm 58.4g. The Council of Elders was a French legislative assembly which, together with the Council of Five Hundred, was established by the constitution of the year III, adopted by the Thermidorian Convention in August 1795 and implemented on September 23, 1795. It shared the power with the Executive Directory and contributed to the making of laws with the Council of Five Hundred. Fantastic silky chocolate brown surfaces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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