Napoleon Bonaparte silver! An other bucket lister!

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Hi everyone.

Just wanted to finish my post about the French trip. In this part I will show the rest of the coins and items that I believe are worth sharing in the post.

First of all, my only old silver coin found during the trip.
Napoleon Bonaparte 1812 Demi Franc (atelier Paris).

Napoleon I A.JPG Napoleon I B.JPG

The details on this thing are so sharp you could cut your fingers. I pulled it out of the ground pretty much in the same state it is today. Extremely excited about this find as it was an other of my bucket list coins and strangely enough of the exact year I wanted it to be - 1812 the year of the Napoleon's ill fated Campaign against Russia.

An other awesome coin was an absolutely huge and stunning French Revolution Period.
Un Decime L'An 8 -1799 (atelier Paris)

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An other large coin was of the early revolutionary period French Revolution Commemorative
Deux Sols 1792 Not in as good of the condition but still a great find.

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A nice French Royal copper
Young Louis XV 1721

Louis XV A.JPG Louis XV.JPG

A few Liard de France Of the young Louis XIV (1650's)

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A few Royal coins in so-so shape (Louis XIV,XV,XVI)

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A very cool late Medieval to Renaissance Trebuchet balance - Weighing scale part with the crown.

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A nice shoe buckle embedded with glass beads. I would guess from 1600-1700

Boucle 2.JPG Boucle 2 B.JPG

A huge bronze bell. Never found a similar sized one in North America

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A fox hunting button. I would guess from early to mid 1800's

Bouton renard.JPG

Some early copper buckles, bronze rings and other objects.

Boucle 1.JPG Boucle en 8.JPG 11.JPG DSC_1110.JPG Anneaux bronze.JPG

Few unknown items.

Game pieces 1.JPG Game pieces 2.JPG Disc 2.JPG Disc 1.jpg Iron tool.jpg


Thanks for your comments!
 

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Stef45

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WOW! Congrats! That silver is in unbelievable shape. Must have felt awesome seeing it in the hole looking that nice. Those buckles look very very old and I've never seen a weight like that one, pretty cool! Again huge congrats...what a trip!
 

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Wow your post was like reading a good book,I had to go over it twice so I didn't miss anything.
Coins are some you rarely see posted here and that shoe buckle is stunning.
Weighing scale is the cherry on top of the pudding.
Congrats
 

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Awesome. Stunning Silver, and even the coppers survived in ok shape! I'm like to find a Liard for the collection...
 

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Very cool finds!! We leave for Southern France / Northern Spain next week!!! Can't wait to swing and hopefully find something "old". Just a nice silver like yours would certainly work! Nice saves! :occasion14:
 

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Hello Aureus. Those are some outstandingly magnificent finds!! Good Luck. C9
 

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You're living the dream over there. Congrats. That balance weight, to me, steals the show despite that Bonaparte silver winning the Calcutta for beauty. Also that paste buckle is totally rad.
 

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WOW! Congrats! That silver is in unbelievable shape. Must have felt awesome seeing it in the hole looking that nice. Those buckles look very very old and I've never seen a weight like that one, pretty cool! Again huge congrats...what a trip!

Thank You!
 

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France?? And everyone is trying to talk me into a trip to England.
I think you have the right idea.
Some really great finds and the Napoleon Silver is incredible
Congratulations
 

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Wow your post was like reading a good book,I had to go over it twice so I didn't miss anything.
Coins are some you rarely see posted here and that shoe buckle is stunning.
Weighing scale is the cherry on top of the pudding.
Congrats

Thank You! Yes, the trebuchet scale is really cool. Never found anything similar.
 

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Nice finds. That bonaparte looks perfect. I bet that bell had a heck of a signal. Congrats.
 

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Well done for the ID on the Medieval Scale Weight part, these are very rare, I've only every found 2 of that type.
 

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Awesome finds. I found the same big une decime but not near to that condition. Mine was just bairly readable. The 1812 silver is sweet! [emoji106]
 

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So, here's the deal: to travel to a foreign country and manage to not only gain permissions, but find multiple bucket listers and compelling artifacts from different significant historical epochs over an 1800 year period...is....an inspiration.

I know you speak the language over there and everything, but WOW. :notworthy: Totally humbling.
 

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