LM....or anyone else that might know...I found

millennium

this coin a few years ago, and have never really known what it was..I think it's from France...Any ideas?

A 1784 whatzit?

ASUtodd

Link to a coin like it. Link
Info on the coin here Link Very bottom of the page, last coin.
Here is the info pasted.
Sol, 1785, 29.5mm. Obv: LUDOV.XVI | D. GRATIA, portrait looking left. Rev: FRANCE ET (mint mark) NAVARRE REX 1785, shield with three lis surmounted by a large crown. Also have the same, 1791, 1786. As visitor with sharper eyes than mine id's the mint as 'K,' Mint is Bordeaux. D1714
I know yours is a 1784 but this was the closest I could find, should put you in the right track! (Best I can do without a good World Coin book!)
Todd

millennium

I think you nailed it!...That looks exactly like mine, with the exception of the one year difference in the date.
Thanks!

speer34

That's an awesome coin you have there Millenium. How long has that one been sitting around unidentified?

lordmarcovan

I can't see your Fotki pix on this server, but if you are discussing that coin you found on Jekyll years ago, then yes, it's a French sol.

I just sold a lot of coins to a forum member here, and there was one in the lot.

millennium

That's it LM.......I found it several years ago, Speer,...(7 maybe) and never did find out what it was....then I forgot about it until I was redoing the Fotki pages this week....
Thanks for the help guys.

ricko

Nice find... Cheers, RickO