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  1. Rare is beautiful (although it really has been scrubbed, hasn't it?).
  2. I love the idea of leaving them around for people to find. Something to change reality a little bit, perhaps to make people a bit less inclined to take for granted the art and craft of coins.
  3. German States: Bavaria. Kreutzer. http://numismatics.org/collection/1916.192.462
  4. Very cool and high quality. Even better, the difficulties you encounter with striking copper are very much those we see in early minted copper coins --the quirks are familiar. You could easily create a micro-market for your pewter and copper tokens, selling them for enough to cover your expenses and more.
  5. Send it to PCGS. If it's really a 1693 1/4 écu aux 8 L with a Rennes mintmark, you'll want professional verification. It'll be worth the cost.
  6. Q: Are you sure your coin is a 1/4 écu, davebob? Does it weigh 6.746 grams and is it 27-28 mm wide?
  7. I haven't yet seen a picture of the obverse of your coin, davebob.
  8. The last digit of the date is deformed from having been struck over an earlier coin. I don't think it's 1693.
  9. Hi Bjoi. The only 1916 French coin engraved by Dupuis is the 10 centime piece:
  10. Gadoury shows no 1693 1/4 écu aux 8 L minted in Rennes (mintmark 9). That year the 1/4 écu aux 8 L was minted in Lyons, La Rochelle, Montpellier, Riom, Dijon, Bourges and Troyes thru September, when the new 1/4 écu aux palmes started (and ran thru 1700). There is a 1/4 écu aux palmes with the Rennes (9) mintmark but there is no mintage noted, and it seems rare; Gadoury gives the notation "signalé mais non confirmé" (referred to but not confirmed), meaning the coins may not have been actually minted at Rennes.
  11. Oh, Ian it doesn't take much to visit Sceaux --it's just south of Paris on the RER line that passes north and south (the one that goes through Cité universitaire). The stop is "Parc de Sceaux." Hop off the train and walk a little bit and there you are --you could be en pleine campagne, it's so calm and bucolic.
  12. The Chateau de Sceaux is a great place to visit when it's nice out --beautiful gardens and extensive fountains. Big enough that you could read a book on the lawn without being found out and scolded by one of the groundskeepers. The Orangerie (a building) is still there but closed to visitors .
  13. Check out this link: http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=430429 Although this is not a rare jeton, a very fine copy went for around $60 at auction.
  14. I don't have my Gadoury with me here at work; I'll check it when I get home for mintages for the 1693 Rennes. Your copy seems more worn that the comparison coin at 400 euros. I assume both coins were restruck over earlier issues (given the evidence on the comparison coin), but yours shows no restrike evidence. Hmmmm.
  15. You're right about that, sadly. Why they would screw up such a great resource, I can't imagine.
  16. Welcome to Coin People, Pam. I agree it's not a good idea to leave anything with a dealer without knowing him very well (and knowing exactly what you have given him). We can help with identifying your coins and bills. You will need to photograph them, or scan them on a scanner, and then upload the images to a site like Photobucket that lets you store images online. Then you can post your pictures on this site by copying the URL for the image and clicking on the "image" button in the reply panel and pasting the URL into the box.
  17. Ah, if only we had a Thames here to go mudlarking in!
  18. Ah! That's very useful to know. Bill --thanks.
  19. Bless you Pat for your hard work! I have wondered about that jeton for years. I think Fontenay's reading is correct, je m'ouvre instead of je meurs. And it does seem to be a German issue, substituting an F for a V in French, and a D for a T. (prostrates self in gratitude)
  20. I've never seen exactly this type of medieval jeton in France, but I did find a link showing it selling for a pretty penny, so it must be rare. The reverse legend is DES COMPTES LE ROY, perhaps a precursor to the French series Les comptes du roi. Looks beautiful! http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/pegasi_numismatics/123/product/france__xv_century_ad___jeton_208_gm__crowned_head_facing_in_tressure__fleury_cross_in_quadrilobe_des_comptes_le_roy__m__vf_green_patina_edge_clip/211089/Default.aspx
  21. But wait --weren't these done on a screw press? Does one see this kind of die breaks on a screw press?
  22. Thank you Ian for offering help. I had to sell the bulk of my jeton collection to pay debts, so at this point I'm enjoying yours vicariously and learning all the interesting details I never had the time (or motivation) to look up.
  23. Beautiful jeton, and thanks for the info re French guilds. I am extremely jealous of your collection, Ian.
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