JGowins Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 I have a French Jeton from 1739. I am having a hard time gathering info on it. Any help would be great. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Hi, if you post pictures to the Exonumia section someone will probably be able to help. The French produced quite a few jetons over ther years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumisMattic2200 Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Just post a photo. other than that, I don't think there are any really comprehensive website for identification of jetons?? Pity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGowins Posted December 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Hi, if you post pictures to the Exonumia section someone will probably be able to help. The French produced quite a few jetons over ther years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 You have a French coin struck at Bayonne. I'm guessing an ecu or demi-ecu, but I don't really know what size it is from the photograph. I'm guessing it is at that end of the size scale since you called it a jeton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 It's an écu aux lauriers, Gadoury 321. The 1/2 écu and smaller issues have a slightly different obverse. Mintage for 1739 L is 468,709 --among the more common date/mint combos. A lovely coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 i thought that was a general circulation piece i have this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 I like these big silver pieces. In this series you tend to find them mostly with weak center obverse strikes and/or unusual wear in the center... Perhaps they circulated more than later écus, like the Louis XV écu au bandeau and the Louis XVI écu aux lauriers, which tend to show up with less wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.