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Identification For This Silver Medallion With Date Of 1713 (Id: 1743 Maria Theresa Coronation Medal)
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Old Post Posted 05/14/2025  04:25 am
Glad to help, mikehy.

The plates are at the end of the document, you have to scroll almost to the end. Here is what it looks like:

Forum: Tokens, Medals, Challenge Coins, and other Exonumia

Post Your Old Times Deniers And Pennies (600-1700 C. E.)
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Old Post Posted 05/13/2025  08:31 am
Great addition, tdziemia!
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Identification For This Silver Medallion With Date Of 1713 (Id: 1743 Maria Theresa Coronation Medal)
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Old Post Posted 05/13/2025  08:30 am
Medal for the coronation of Maria Teresia as queen of Bohemia 1743.

Found it here, description on page 99 + image on plate XVIII: https://www.scribd.com/document/336...m-Th-M-Roest
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A Pair Of 1460s Florence Soldinos
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Old Post Posted 05/11/2025  4:28 pm
That's really nice!
Forum: Ancient, Greek, Roman, and Medieval Coins
 
How Far Back Can We Go? Eighth Edition!
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Old Post Posted 04/26/2025  5:23 pm
France 1786, double louis d'or.

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How Far Back Can We Go? Eighth Edition!
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Old Post Posted 04/22/2025  04:44 am
France 1790, 1 écu.



Yesterday's 1791 portrait of Louis XVI differs in details from this one . Ayway, this is what the king looked like in 1774, when this coin series was first issued.
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Completed Date Set Of French Holed 25 Centime Coins
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Old Post Posted 04/22/2025  02:05 am
Well done!
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How Far Back Can We Go? Eighth Edition!
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Old Post Posted 04/21/2025  09:22 am
Nice guinea, NumisRob!

Here's another king, with a similar waist size . . .

France 1791, 2 sols.

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1897 French Indo-China Sapeque
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Old Post Posted 04/20/2025  07:30 am
It is an interesting collection area and quite possible to be absorbed by. A couple of years ago I started a thread about my collection of French Indochinese coins (well, two threads actually, one about small change and one about the silver coins). Perhaps they might be of interest to you. Here is the small change thread: https://goccf.com/t/445179
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How Far Back Can We Go? Eighth Edition!
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Old Post Posted 04/20/2025  07:16 am
There have been plenty of nice British tokens here. Here is a French one for a change (although minted in Britain .)

France 1792, 5 sols. Minted in Soho, Birmingham at Matthew Boulton's mint, for the Monneron brothers.



Hercules was one of the ancient symbols popularized by the French revolutionaries. Here he has been tasked with demonstrating the difficulty of breaking a fasces consisting of many united straws. The message is clarified by the text "The French united are invincible."
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How Far Back Can We Go? Eighth Edition!
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Old Post Posted 04/19/2025  02:49 am
Wonderful tokens, NumisRob!

France 1793, 2 sols.



"All men are equal before the law." Still a fresh concept in 1793.
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1897 French Indo-China Sapeque
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Old Post Posted 04/19/2025  02:36 am
Nice acquisition, Dearborn!

I like these "French cash coins," where European and East Asian design traditions meet/clash. The French and Chinese sides make for an interesting contrast.
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How Far Back Can We Go? Eighth Edition!
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Old Post Posted 04/18/2025  11:51 am
Austrian Netherlands 1794, liard.



The last liard in the world - 1794 was the last time a regular coin with this denomination was minted!
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How Far Back Can We Go? Eighth Edition!
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Old Post Posted 04/17/2025  05:46 am
A bunch of interesting coins for 1796 and 1795!

France 1795-1796 (year 4), 5 centimes.



Seemingly insignificant, this is the very first coin in the new franc system introduced a few years after the French revolution. It is also the first time Marianne, the well-known symbol for the French republic, appears on a coin.
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How Far Back Can We Go? Eighth Edition!
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Old Post Posted 04/15/2025  02:41 am
France 1797-1798 (year 6), 5 francs.

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This Liard Of France With Juvenile Bust - Louis Xiv 1657 Is A Fake Right?
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Old Post Posted 04/13/2025  05:34 am
These were struck in huge numbers with very low quality control, if at all. Weights vary widely, from a little more than 2 g up to more than 5 g, and even though 5.67 g is indeed extreme, I wouldn't rule it out as a possibility. Misstrikes with busts on both sides are not uncommon, but command a premium.

Here is another one, also quite heavy: https://www.cgb.fr/louis-xiv-le-gra...90211,a.html
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Post Your Lustrous Brownies!
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Old Post Posted 04/12/2025  5:29 pm
It is a beauty, Moniker. It is also one of my favorites. Here is the 1913 issue.

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Unknown Coin Douzain 16-Centuryfrance
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Old Post Posted 04/12/2025  03:54 am
Interesting coin. It is not present in the standard reference works (Duplessy's Les monnaies françaises royales or Lafaurie's Monnaies des rois de France).

It can be either Charles IX or money coined in the name of the usurper Charles X (unfortunately the ordinal number after CAROLVS is not readable). It is minted in Rouen (mint letter 'B' below the shield).

There are a number of varieties with various combinations of fleurs-de-lis, crowns, and the letter 'C' around the cross (or even dolphins for coins minted in Dauphiné), but the one with four fleurs-de-lis doesn't seem to be described anywhere.
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How Far Back Can We Go? Eighth Edition!
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Old Post Posted 04/09/2025  05:07 am
We have had copper and silver for 1803 (very nice East India coin, NumisRob!), here is the gold:

France year 12 (1803-1804), 40 francs.



Year 12 is according to the French revolutionary calendar which was still in use at this time. The revolutionary year lasted from Sept-Sept, so this coin is from 1803-1804.
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How Far Back Can We Go? Eighth Edition!
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Old Post Posted 04/05/2025  02:49 am
Good morning and welcome to 1807!

France 1807, 20 francs.



French coins from this period have the slightly contradictory presentation of Napoleon as Emperor of the Republic.
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