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blueczar1512 Valued Member Australia 112 Posts	Posted 11/05/2007 01:27 am Does anyone know what year range this coin was produced? The year is not visible but it seems to be a 5 centimes like shown http://www.napoleonicmedals.org/coins/franl51.htm Do I dare risk cleaning it to try and find out the year? Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 11/05/2007 03:31 am These coins were issued from L'An 5 (1794) up to L'An 9 (1800-01) from over a dozen mints. Unfortunately, neither the mintmark (it looks most like an A for Paris) nor the year are visible in that picture, although I can tell that it is indeed a 5 centimes, and the reverse pic is upside down. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
blueczar1512 Valued Member Australia 112 Posts	Posted 11/05/2007 06:18 am thanks again Sap! thats great to have a coin which is so old. who is the figure by the way? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 11/05/2007 08:01 am The same female figure that's appeared on most coins of Repubulican France: Marianne, personification of Liberty and Reason, the "French equivalent" of Liberty who appears on American coins. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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