Ian

Here's a 1651 silver jeton issuedby Louis Gonzaga of Nevers and Henrietta of Cleves. They set up a fund for disadvantaged young females and each year a purse containing silver jetons (I am unsure as to the quantity) was awarded. It should be borne in mind that although jetons were not exactly `money', silver was (at least the basis of it). As such these jetons (roughly equivalent to 1/3 of an ecu) were readily translated into `goods or services'. This one is a small billon 1/2 batzen dated 1650 from Bavaria I'm out for the next few years unless I find some time to search through the coins i've still to scan.

Moving swiftly backwards........here's a 1652 `wildman' taler from Brunswick Luneburg.

Here's a 1653 silver jeton issued for Le Premier Corps des Marchands de Paris (Drapers Guild of Paris)

I bought this 1657 Burgundy Estates jeton a few years ago but never quite got round to scanning it myself. These are the sellers photos of the time. I'm currently unpacking my collection having recently moved house. Once I get to this one i'll get better images together. In the interim this one will do Moving quickly backwards, here's an interesting pair of jetons dated 1656. One is silver, the other copper, issued for `Le premier Corps des Marchands de Paris' or `the Drapers Guild of Paris', the leading merchant guild of that era. I need to scan these again once I get them unpacked as the images are really pretty duff........ even by my standards. Finally, here's an interesting brass hybrid jeton dated 1655. The obverse die was used for the Taverners (inn Keepers) Guild. The reverse die depicts the french cockerel chasing the flemish lion with the city of Arras in the distance

Hey...no sweat. I'm a mess every day. I'll look forward to seeing the 1658 thaler whenever your image host decides it wants to play ball Ian

Here's a 1659 1/24th thaler from Brandenburg ...and a couple of silver jetons from 1658. This one was minted for one of the lesser known accounting divisions of the Kings Treasury dealing with the army. This one was minted in 1658 for the Kings Counsel, but commemorates the taking of Montmedy in 1657.

speeding along, here's a 1663 jeton and a couple of 1662 coins. A `stock' jeton, but a pretty uncommon one. This is the only one of the type i've come across in silver. A 1662 Austrian 15 kreuzer An English 1662 Crown of Charles II (first bust) over to someone else for the next few years.

Hi Frank, I believe that it is a plan view of L'Eglise Royale du Val-de-Grace, Paris. Originally built by Anne of Austria as thanks to god for the safe birth of her son, the future king Louis XIV. Exactly why it was chosen for the Bastimens du Roi in 1664 escapes me, other than it would be one of the `aedifices royale' under their jurisdiction and maintenance. there was however extensive building work conducted on it commencing 1664. cheers, Ian (edit 5th october) Frank, i've looked at my CGB catalogues and the jeton is portrayed in `Jetons XIII'. Fortunately CGB still have a few of their catalogues available electronically. Here's a link to an example and another to commentary (no.33) indicating that the reverse is indeed a plan of Val de Grace. http://www.numismatique.org/images/monnaie...13/j13_0033.jpg http://www.cgb.fr/monnaies/jetons/j13/j130005.html

Here's a 1665 jeton that's a wee bit corroded, but good enough for this purpose. It was issued to mark the election of M'sieu Voysin to his second term of office as Lord Mayor (Provost) of Paris. To help move it along, here's a 1664 jeton issued for the `Batiments du Roi' (the administration dealing with the Louis XIV's properties).

Here's a silver jeton dated 1666 issued for the parish of Ste. Genevieive in Paris. I am completely in the dark as to the `M' counterstamp. I'm pretty certain that it signifies the jeton having been used as coinage in one of the french colonies (Montserat?), but happy for any input on this. This one is a large silver ducaton (crown size) issued in 1666 for the city of Liege in modern day Belgium Ian

Here's a 1670 silver ducaton of Charles II of Spain struck at Bruges in current day Belgium. These coins were notoriously very crudely struck, and this one is (believe it or not) almost `as struck'.

copper jeton issued for B DeGivry, Sherrif of Metz in 1677

I like it but it's not one of my favourites. This one however is! A nice `city view' of Paris. A silver jeton dated 1682 and issued to mark the third term in office of the then Mayor of Paris. I'll duck out now for the next few decades to give someone else a chance Ian

Here's a couple of 1683 jetons The first was issued for the Brittany Estates (local government of Brittany region of France). It is actually a 1683 /1 but the scan doesn't pick it up very well The second is a 1683 copper jeton issued for the `batimens du Roi' (kings buildings)

OK. Time to put you guys out of your misery. Here's a 1684: a french silver jeton issued for the `ordinaire des guerres paparell tresor' (army treasury)

Here's another jeton from 1685, this one struck in silver and issued for the `Parties Casuelles' Ian

yep! that's definitely a beaut!

Duh. oooops! I must have transposed the numerals at some point and never noticed my error (ie 1689 instead of 1698). in the interim here's a silver jeton of Monsieur de Fourcy, Lord mayor of Paris issued for his second term in office 1687

Who will take us into the next decade with a 1689? Won't be me, I'm out until 1678. But I'll be watching... OK, lets get going. Here's a 1689 silver rupee of Muhammad Aurangazeb Alamgir, minted at Akbarnagar in year 31 of his reign

.....and onwards a year with a 1690 William and Mary 40 shillings Scots. Low grade, but difficult to find any better.

Brunswick Luneburg Celle 1/3rd taler

They are all Swiss shooting medals and of different values. I know it sounds twee, but they are worth whatever you can get someone to part with for them. I don't have a concept of current market values in a pure collectors market but If you were to put them on ebay you might get anywhere between $60 - $120 for the silver ones and perhaps a bit less for the bronze / copper ones. Maybe more on a good day when the right collectors were around....., but maybe significantly less too when the collectors are sleeping. the last one I bought on ebay was only a matter of a few weeks ago, and I only paid 26.5 euro ($42). If you were to approach dealers with your medals, you need to realise that they will make an offer that then enables them to make a reasonable profit from selling them on to their client collectors. I have to declare that I have a vested interest though, as I would be interested in making you an offer outside of this forum (i'm not a dealer). Not knowing where on the planet you are based it is difficult to suggest appropriate dealers you might want to check out (?) I have to say that your medal is dated 1891 and not the 1681 you had thought. An easy mistake to make though. Ian

Hi Sharon, Have a look at the main page under `site information and technical support' for appropriate guidance. Probably the best way to do this is post your images to a webpage first. You can join omnicoin.com free and use it as a `host' for your coin / medal images. Once you have your images posted there you just need to `link' the images to your posts on coinpeople.com. First things first though. Get your images onto a webpage or image hosting site like omnicoin. I'm sure the section of coinpeople i've mentioned above will enable you to find out how to 'link' the images from there, failing which we can talk you through it here. It's an easy process and anyone (once you know how) can do it in seconds. Ian

first things first. I'm sure that some of the peop's here might be interested in your medals, dependent on what they actually are and the condition they are in. Why don't you get scans / images of them and post them so we can see for ourselves and take it from there? Happy to give advice as to the various means of disposing of them ranging from selling them direct to collectors, selling them via auction (ebay for example), or suggesting dealers you might want to try (dependent on where on the planet you are based). Ian