Coinman50 Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Does anyone have extensive information on this coin? Metal content? Value? Especially value and metal content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Used with scales to weigh coins. The pistole was a gold coin, usually worth 2 écus, minted in Spain or Italy. Molière has characters who talk about pistoles rather than écus; they circulated in France in the 17th century --thus the portrait of Louis XIV, similar to what you find on real coins of the era: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 I have this one converted to a 10 shilling 6 pence weight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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