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Denomination of 1790 French coin?

elvernoelverno Posts: 1,068 ✭
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The dealer I got it from said it was a "Lys"; a denomination I'm unfamiliar with. I never shelled out the bucks for a 1701-1800 Krause and the rest of my French coin references start at 1795 or so. This heavily cleaned coin measures 32mm if that helps. Thanks... image

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Vern
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You want how much?!!
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  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    Compare yours to this one.

    v12_1149 - LOUIS XVI - Écu dit "aux branches d'olivier" - 1790 - SUP

    louis XVI ecu
    One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
    is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
  • elvernoelverno Posts: 1,068 ✭
    Thanks Laurent. I picked up an ecu almost identical to the one you linked to (strangely enough, at a sci-fi conference). This piece is quite a bit smaller, kind of like a Kennedy half compared to an Ike dollar...

    Good call though, I went to CGB and found a 1791 "Demi-ecu" that is 33mm and looks the same. I had just never heard the name "Lys" before.

    Does anyone know the mintage of the 1790 demi-ecu from the Metz mint? image
    Vern
    image
    You want how much?!!
    NapoleonicMedals.org
    (Last update 3/6/2007)
  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    Good find!
    I'm not sure the term LYS refers to the coin-it probably derives from the fleures-de-lys on the coin. For a while I thought it might be a sol d'ecu...
    One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
    is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
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