1792 5 Sols

LochNESS

Firstly, how would you grade this? Second, I need help determining my options here ... It's very dark with faint hints of green in some of the fields, primarily obverse around the commemorative date "1790" ... acetone? q-tip?

LochNESS

(wish I could delete this unnecessary reply)

TwoKopeiki

Not sure if acetone would remove verdigris on copper.

LochNESS

Bronze (Ae) not copper. But I share your concerns. Suggestions?

How do you grade this one?

Swampboy

I'm quite taken by the obverse imagery.
That's a fascinating snap shot of the era.

determined

I love and collect these French Revolution Era coins and tokens. This is one I've always liked.

BTW, the first issue of this type has the year date in Roman numerals. But they're scarce. I've only seen 2 offered in the last few years with the Roman numerals. The non-Roman numeral dates are actually easy to find. There's usually a few listed on eBay every week.

As for an exact grade I can't say. But it's easy to find ones in better condition.

LochNESS

Good to know, thanks! I haven't been tracking them but I will now.

determined

If you want to learn more about these coins here is a page from an informative French site:

Les Monnaies de Confiance

Here it is run through Google translator:

in English

lordmarcovan

Oh, my, that's awesome looking.

PS- I see you've adopted a "coin within a coin" for your avatar. Cool! Much better than some silly sports team logo!

LochNESS

Yes after three months of trying I finally uploaded my avatar. Wish I could say it was inspired by your thread, but this has been one of my favorite coins for years. Bought it raw, graded PCGS pr69dcam.

It's the same coin I posted in your thread, though - Greece 500 Drachmai - and BTW saw my first actual real-life owl drachma at a show last week!