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elvernoelverno Posts: 1,068 ✭
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I love it when something I've been hunting for is not only an original, in great condition and a BIN at a price I like! image

A beauty...

Feel free to go back to your regularly scheduled day... image
Vern
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You want how much?!!
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  • trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭
    Let me be the first to sign up for your most wonderful giveaway! imageimage
    trozau (troy ounce gold)
  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
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    Bill

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    09/07/2006
  • 0john00john0 Posts: 485
    Ya gotta love a low BIN!!

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  • ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928 ✭
    Excellent, Vern!

    Way to jump on it. Great looking piece.

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    Clankeye
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  • CIVITASCIVITAS Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭
    Excellent price for a nice looking piece.
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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    Nice catchimage
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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,967 ✭✭✭
    Go ahead, laugh it up!image

    Nice grab.
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    Magnifique ! image
  • oldshepoldshep Posts: 3,240 ✭
    Wowzers!!
    Shep
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  • elvernoelverno Posts: 1,068 ✭
    I'm particularly happy about this piece because the last time I bought an example of it (you heard right) was just before the last French postal strike. Since I had never lost anything from France before I foolishly didn't insure it... Well, there's always a first time for everything. This one's insured. image
    Vern
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    You want how much?!!
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  • 1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,501 ✭✭✭✭
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    Gene
    Gene

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,628 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice grab! image

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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Awesome!

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  • elvernoelverno Posts: 1,068 ✭
    A slight confession is that even though the jeton is dated 1796 Barre probably engraved it about 1830. The plain edges show that it was struck prior to 1832. The Revolution that was taking place there at the time obviously caused Barre to reach back to the first revolution and use its symbology (and to very nice effect)... image

    It's unlikely that it was engraved in 1796 because Barre was only 3 at the time. image Despite that it fits the "look" of the Directorate period very well. The 1830 date is a guess on my part BTW. Forrer puts this piece between an 1829 and an 1832 medal in the list of the engraver's major works. The Society liked it so well they used the dies for over 100 years. One of the first things that happened after the restoration of the Napoleonic dies to the mint in late 1830 was the institution of edge markings in early 1832 on all silver and gold medals. Because of that I can date this example pretty closely.

    And finally I think it's an interesting piece in that the major catalogers are all silent on it yet it is consistently placed in 1796 in all of the big collections.
    Vern
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    You want how much?!!
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  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    Mon Dieu! image You better be glad you saw that first!! I would have nabbed it myself, thumbed my nose at you, and insulted you in a silly French accent. image
    Askari



    Come on over ... to The Dark Side! image
  • elvernoelverno Posts: 1,068 ✭


    << <i> I would have nabbed it myself, thumbed my nose at you, and insulted you in a silly French accent. >>



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    I personally can butcher the French language so badly that Parisians give up and talk to me in English... image
    Vern
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    You want how much?!!
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