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hehe... nice!

A $4 coin. Nothing special but I collect everything from 1789-1815 so I'm not really picky about condition if I don't own one yet... 1802 2 Skilling, Norway (as a Danish possession).

So... add me to the list?? I know how to show a lady a good time

1800 1 Pfenning, Salzburg. Not a great example but decent. and 1805 Le Tombeau de Desaix, France. Bramsen 426/427 (mule from two reverses) d'Essling 1079 From the Long Beach show today.

From yesterday's Anaheim show. There was a stunning silver medal but way out of my price range... 1813 Presentation of Colours to the Royal Military College by Queen Charlotte. Mudie XI BHM - 769 Bramsen - 1246 1790 Netherlands Gelderland - Holland 2 Stuivers

Probably will be my epitaph...

Here's my friend's reply, in part: It would seem that the originals, if one can say that in this case, are probably rare, but that it has been in use for a long time and therefore common in the restrikes (if you will). Hope this helps.

British Historical Medals lists it as BHM 1463. Rare in both silver and copper gilt. The only notation is "No specific reasons for the issues of this piece have been found." I'll ask my friend with a copy of Marvin's book on Masonic medals if there are any more details there.

I had a friend who possesses a copy of Marvin's book on Masonic medals to take a look at the first jeton and his partial response was: I'm fairly certain that Louis XVI wasn't a Mason but I might be mistaken about that. His brother, the Duc d'Orleans was the Grand Master of France at the time of the Revolution.

Although not really a shooting medal this dates from 1804 from Zurich: It's a protector's medal, issued to the local militia for service in defense of the country. I'm not exactly sure when shooting medals started but they are one of the great temptations outside of the Napoleonic era for me. There have been hours at a Long Beach show where I just sit drooling over these things...

1796 - 25 Francs Mandat Territoriale Link These were huge and were backed by confiscated church and emigre lands. Supposedly you could trade a pile of these in on some of that land and in fact rich people bought up property with these notes. For those who didn't have that much money they were just another form of assignat, rapidly depreciating until they were virtually worthless. If you look closely you can see this is a Series 1 note. They released hundreds of series with 50-100,000 notes in each series.

A nice haul today: France 25 Francs Mandat territorial - 1796 paper money France 1797 - Treaty of Campo Formio, scarce and nice in brass Julich-Berg 1794 1/4 stuber - Fine Julich-Berg 1805 3 stuber - Fine Aachen 1793 4 heller - VG All of these are tough to find so I'm pretty happy

I like Swiss coins 1813 1 Batzen, Canton of Vaud.

A 1798 1 Pfenig from Schwäbisch Hall and an 1811 King of Rome medal in silver (RRR!). Nice day...

That is just an amazing medal! Thanks for letting us see it

I got this: 1804 Distribution of the Eagles Three days after his coronation Napoleon personally handed out the Eagles carried by his Army into battle. The medal is very common, this is my third. Sorry about the scans but my camera is in the shop.

And I'm am amazed at the breadth of your collection Sir Sylvilagus! My medals certainly range from gem to junk, but the vast majority are from my period of interest and that makes them all fascinating to me...

Napoleonic and French Revolutionary period (1789-1815) Coins, medals, tokens, jetons, paper money, ephemera and artifacts! I branch outside those dates if the subject is someone who was a "player" during the period.

If you're an Oktoberfest fan then you need this token: This is a marriage token issued for the nuptuals of Louis of Bavaria and Therese of Saxony in 1810. The three day celebration proved to be so popular that they were continued every year and became the origin of Oktoberfest.

Glad to be here!

Yeah, once you let those red arrows onto the dies they just collapse... Actually the Kingdom had pretty primitive equipment and went through dies quickly. My example is listed as Pagani 18b; there's at least another five or six variants mentioned I think. I do know that one of the first things Joesph Napoleon did upon becoming king of the mainland part of the Two Sicilies was import some French expertise and minting equipment. Murat kept it up but I suspect they had French die-cutters and engravers because when the Bourbons came back in 1815 the quality slipped to the almost cartoonish coins prior to 1806.

for what it's worth I paid $6 USD recently for the same coin. It looks like it's in similar shape. Here's a link to the page on my website. Nice coin.

Started in the mid-70s with the occasional pause. My wife got me going on Napoleonic era coins and medals when she told me flat out that the swords had to go!

There's a couple of medals I would consider. They were originally only struck in quantities of 10 or less so the chances of my ever seeing one, much less affording it, are pretty slim.

I love this group. I think that Conders are still one of the most interesting and inexpensive "deals" going in numismatics. But if you keep posting pics like this we're going to have hard time keeping that a secret aren't we?