France Un Centime Help With The Date, Please

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tampabaygrampa Valued Member United States 408 Posts	Posted 12/27/2009 5:07 pm Hi, I have a small coin (about the size of a dime). "Republique Francaise" on one side and a portrait of ?Bust of France? The other side of the coin says Un Centime and rather than a date it has "L'AN 7" It is holed but I can see what appears to be a A beneath what I believe is the date. Can anyone translate the date? Also would appreciate a approximate value if anyone has that knowledge, it is holed but legible. Thanks you very much for your help. Regards, Jim Moved to World Coin forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

DL20K Pillar of the Community Poland 3201 Posts	Posted 12/27/2009 5:17 pm http://www.napoleonicmedals.org/coins/franl7-1.htm Like this? The site says it equals 1799. Report this Post to the Staff
tampabaygrampa Valued Member United States 408 Posts	Posted 12/27/2009 5:22 pm Yep! That's it. Thank you very much. Jim Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 12/27/2009 7:52 pm "L'an" is French for "Year". Under the French Revolutionary calendar, Year 1 began on 22 September 1792, so revolutionary years and Gregorian years do not precisely overlap. Right now, for instance, at the end of 2009, we're just a few months into Year 218. Year 7 therefore ran from late September 1798 to late September 1799; since it's "mostly" 1799, that's usually what is given as the equivalent year. Krause calls it "1798-99". As for value, the hole will probably bring it right down. It catalogues at $3 in Fine in my 2002 edition Krause. 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
tampabaygrampa Valued Member United States 408 Posts	Posted 12/27/2009 8:36 pm Thank you for the additional info. The knowledge you get from researching these coins is fun. I bought 100 foreign coins from ebay and have had lots of hours of enjoyment with them. I asked the value of this one because a guy from Dublin Ireland has one on ebay for $60.00. His is a 1797 but seemed to be close enough. I don't think I would sell any of what I have. Maybe, but probably not. Thanks again for you help. Jim Report this Post to the Staff
coinsnpaper Valued Member Canada 480 Posts	Posted 12/28/2009 04:49 am The A stands for the Paris Mintmark. Report this Post to the Staff
thq Pillar of the Community United States 3343 Posts	Posted 12/31/2009 12:23 pm Condition is everything on French revolutionary coinage. For a common An 7, the price ranges from 6 euros in G to 120 euros in UNC. If you want to compare yours with photos of graded ones, go to cgb.fr. There are also uncommon varieties: 7/6 overstrikes, as well as strikes with unusual numbers of pearls along the coin edge. All of these sell for considerably more than 6 euros. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire Report this Post to the Staff
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