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New Member
Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
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Edited by Lundvalnaden
07/24/2014 4:15 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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It is indeed Napoleon the great.
But there are so many many medals, tokens, jetons, plaques, buttons, coins.... that it is almost impossible to find the exact origin.
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New Member
 Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
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Thanks for the reply!
How would you name this kind of "coin"?
It obv is not a real coin, but I don't know how to call it then. Token or something else?
I'll have to ask on some french forums.
My father got this from his friend historian who was working in a museum at the time.
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 Australia
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It's a "medal", or perhaps a "medallion" or "plaque", depending on how big it is. Set into a piece of stone like that, it may have been part of a decoration on a piece of furniture, or part of a house.
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
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New Member
Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
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+ It's cca 22mm in diameter.
Btw, what would you say about it, does it look ok or is it more like some cheap ornament?
I'm not really shure about materilas of the stone and medal, I'll try to ask some people around and reply tomorrow.
Edited by Lundvalnaden
07/24/2014 6:12 pm
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Belgium
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Australia
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looks like a paperweight to me -
he type that you might find in a lot of museums in France.
The portrait is similar to the image you see on his coinage;
but the cipher "N" bears little similarity;
and usually, you wouldn't expect to see both on the same item.
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New Member
Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
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Does it look ok to you?
Or it looks "cheap"? By some standards.
It's pretty heavy :)
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Belgium
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Good thinking Peter http://www.ebay.com/itm/19TH-C-FREN...em417f8f24c4http://www.google.be/imgres?imgurl=http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTU3M1gxNjAw/z/XhIAAOxy~TdR5ygG/%2524T2eC16F%2C!wsE9suw)yL3BR5ygF)wGQ~~60_35.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Gold-Metal-Bust-Of-Napoleon-By-C-de-Franoz-On-Marble-Base-Paperweight-/ 111121994003&h=295&w=300&tbnid=NDkE0raLMr-13M:&zoom=1&docid=xLnbjzY7LHsEdM&itg=1&ei=al7iU_30IOv4yQPEwoLICQ&tbm=isch&ved=0CCEQMygEMAQ&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=600&page=1&start=0&ndsp=20 |
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