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My First Ecu -- Dated 1790

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Just picked up my first ECU -- 1790. What mint?



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 Posted 02/26/2017  07:39 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Maybe Lille? See here for some info:

http://goccf.com/t/16519
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Nice ecu au buste habille. The mint mark is W for Lille. There are also two privy marks; the star on the obverse is the privy mark of the mint director Louis-Theophile-Francois Lepage, the half fleur-de-lis next to the date on the reverse is the privy mark of the local engraver A.F.J. Gamot.
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Many thanks.
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Nice coin - looks genuine to me - I own one like it.
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