Commemorative Coin | Jeton Of Napoleon, L'an 7

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tobystoy02 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 02/21/2011 4:24 pm Approx 40 years ago my dog dug up a coin in Pasadena, MD. It is extremely thin, worn and dark. There is no date on it. On front it has man riding horse in center and says "BUONAPARTE GROS CONSUL". Across the bottom I can make it out other than --TTON. When we found it a Frenchman aquaintance told us it was a commemorative coin to Napoleon before he was Consul to France. What struck me was the spelling of the name. Any suggestions where I may find out more about this coin. Thank you. Identified - moved to Exonumia forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

chris12018 Pillar of the Community United States 2130 Posts	Posted 02/21/2011 4:49 pm to CCF If you post some pics the experts here will be able to help. Report this Post to the Staff
td5173 Pillar of the Community United States 565 Posts	Posted 02/21/2011 5:26 pm Report this Post to the Staff
tobystoy02 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 02/21/2011 7:53 pm I have taken over 20 pics and none show up, too dark and unclear. I will try again with a different camera. Thanks Report this Post to the Staff
DCH Pillar of the Community United States 645 Posts	Posted 02/21/2011 7:54 pm Does it look like this? http://maxentius.lamoneta.it/Pagine...eon_1800.htm Edited by DCH 02/21/2011 7:55 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Nic Pillar of the Community Philippines 1156 Posts	Posted 02/21/2011 8:25 pm Welcome to the forum, a picture of that coin would be very interesting Report this Post to the Staff
tobystoy02 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 02/21/2011 8:56 pm to dch - yes, that's it!! how can I find out more about it? thank you, you are my hero. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 03/19/2011 07:37 am Sorry, tobystoy - I meant to post additional information for you, but your thread seems to have gotten lost in the pile. Your "coin" isn't actually a coin, nor a commemorative medal, but a "jeton". Jetons were counters, originally made mainly for use on an abacus-like device known as a counting-board which helped people add up sums of money and do other complex calculations back when Roman numerals and non-decimal monetary units were normal. By the time of Napoleon's reign, the Revolution had swept aside the archaic monetary units, rendering counting-boards obsolete. Jetons were then mainly used as gambling tokens for cards, dice and other games of chance. If your piece is indeed identical to the piece DCH linked to, then it does actually have a date: L'an 7 was the date using the Fench revolutionary calendar, equivalent to AD 1800. 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
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