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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 15873, member: 283&quot;]For the present, French jetons from the late 1590&#039;s to the 1880&#039;s. They give great insight as to the culture and social structures in France during that period, as well as (on occasion) being records of historic events.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next to that, my passion is for French coinage of the same period.</p><p><br /></p><p>These two interests now account for about 1/6th of my collection but to be honest, i&#039;m a sucker for anything `interesting&#039; as far as the subject of numismatics goes. I am usually guided in my `passions&#039; by an underlying interest in the associated history or `events&#039; at the time of minting of a particular coin. My interests may be many...and transitory, but the knowledge gained in their pursuit is for life <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As an example of what I mean by knowledge gained...On Sunday I was watching a program on television concerning a fascinating archeological dig on the Corinthian coast of Greece.&nbsp; One of the archaeologists exposed a silver coin from the earth it had been hiding in by using liberal amounts of water and a fine art brush. It was quite a `rush&#039; for me as a remote onlooker being able to identify the coin almost immediately and (surprisingly) before any of the people on the dig. They had to call in an `expert&#039;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; It was a nice silver stater from&nbsp; Sikyon, a mere few miles away from the dig.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ian </p><p>(ain&#039;t got no expurtees)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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