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Louis Xv Coin ? | French Jeton

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 Posted 07/13/2010  2:58 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add DominikCZ to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
It looks like a french coin of Louis the 15th. Considering the stains it doesn't seem to be golden, but the color really is. Weights .97g, 18-19mm diameter. Somehow I cannot find even a similar one. Thanks for help in advance!

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 Posted 07/13/2010  6:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hello and welcome.

What you've got is not an actual coin, but rather a brass jeton, a kind of token used on a counting-board, kind of an economic abacus. It will actually date from the time of Louis XV. Designs for jetons in France were vetted by the government, so in that sense it's a government-issued token, but they were not intended for use as money.
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 Posted 07/16/2010  10:20 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Nic to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
very nice coin, or rather, very nice jeton!
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