Louis Xiv 4 Sols 2 Deniers Forgery Or Something Else ?

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Pertinax Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2135 Posts	Posted 07/26/2012 6:54 pm I was shown recently a small coin found on the edge of an old farm in Roxburghshire, Scotland. It looks most like a 4 Sols 2 Deniers of Louis XIV of France with mintmark B for Rouen. The date is very difficult to read. The finder thought it was 1687 but it might be 1691. KM # 281 is listed as being 1.809g of good silver but this coin is 1.23 g of either billon or silver washed copper (or bronze). Is there another denomination (not listed in KM) that this could be ? Does the poor metal/low weight point to a contemporary forgery ? Were there any French troops in lowland Scotland at this time ? * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Edited by Pertinax 07/26/2012 6:55 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 07/26/2012 9:54 pm that coin has a tale to tell ! 1689: King James II was chased off the English throne, and retreated to Ireland. The civil war continued for 60 years, in greater or lesser intensity. James' supporters were mostly Catholic, and called Jacobites. The French, and Rome, and others, supported them. William of Orange, a Dutch Protestant, and husband of James' sister, Mary, became King William III of England, by the will of Parliament. Most people (but not all) would agree that these issues continued to trouble the Kingdom until 1746, when the Jacobites were defeated at Culloden. see - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_money http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culloden Report this Post to the Staff
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