1856 Napoleon III Dix Centimes

[UnEarthed72]

Working the new area where I found 4 silver coins and a silver ring the day before,yesterday the ACE250 rang out as a strong quarter signal at 4"(getting excited thinking it may be another large cent or silver quarter) this coin popped out..a bit larger than a LC.

it's a French 1856 Napoleon III 10 cent piece-- I looked it up on the net some sites say it is copper but most say it's bronze,so Bronze was the majority and I'll go with that. Also found the usual clad approx. $4.85(which will go for gas)

My oldest foreign coin to date


HH
Shawn

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[49er]

UnEarthed

Great find, have you looked up the value yet? Keep up the great detecting.

49er

[UnEarthed72]

49er not really i did see one selling on EBay for $10.00(better condition than mine is in)

most of the sites i saw were in french...and the only french word i know has dressing or fries on the end ..lol
maybe someone here will post a good foreign coin site or two or knows a little about it


Shawn

[ivan salis]

the M on the back below the eagle is the mint mark ( TOULOUSE) just thought you like to know -- coins from some mints were minted in low numbers and are rare and thus worth a bit more than the more common types mint marks -- a lot like "cc" carson city silver dollars are here in the states.---your local library might have a world book of coins 1800 to 1900 which should list it --while prices change yearly -- checking it out will let you know if it one of the rare low numbers minted type or not -- cool find either way --- I found a holed 1863 one in a local coins stores 10 cent scrap box = while getting a few merc dimes to donate to my detector clubs -- kid hunt next month --gave to a freind to make a necklace charm -- Ivan

[minton7]

Found one one of those last year..... mine had a hole drilled in it...... like to wear as a necklace..... kinda cool what you might dig up....

[allen]

awesome find...

[UnEarthed72]

the M on the back below the eagle is the mint mark ( TOULOUSE) just thought you like to know -- coins from some mints were minted in low numbers and are rare and thus worth a bit more than the more common types mint marks -- a lot like "cc" carson city silver dollars are here in the states.---your local library might have a world book of coins 1800 to 1900 which should list it --while prices change yearly -- checking it out will let you know if it one of the rare low numbers minted type or not -- cool find either way --- I found a holed 1863 one in a local coins stores 10 cent scrap box = while getting a few merc dimes to donate to my detector clubs -- kid hunt next month --gave to a freind to make a necklace charm -- Ivan

thanks for the info Ivan

i found a site and it's actually an M over A mint mark...kinda hard to see the A on the right half of the M

http://translate.google.com/translat...E_enUS264US264

you have to hit next page to see the price for the 1856 MA

[xGregx]

49er not really i did see one selling on EBay for $10.00(better condition than mine is in)

most of the sites i saw were in french...and the only french word i know has dressing or fries on the end ..lol
maybe someone here will post a good foreign coin site or two or knows a little about it


Shawn

French Toast !!

[ivan salis]

1856 MA is marseille france mint mark --correct --- toulouse was M plain --the A is hard to see bad eyes not as good as they once were -- still a 7 to 20 buck coin --nice find

[Leon]

Very neat find, Congrats!!!
Continued Good luck, & Happy hunting~

[UnEarthed72]

49er not really i did see one selling on EBay for $10.00(better condition than mine is in)

most of the sites i saw were in french...and the only french word i know has dressing or fries on the end ..lol
maybe someone here will post a good foreign coin site or two or knows a little about it


Shawn

French Toast !!

Ahh yes can't forget about french toast

[savant365]

Very nice. and the only french I want is "french maid"

[Natman]

Cool find Shawn!

WTG
Nat

[djabend]

Very cool Shawn, you will have to tell me more about this site, it sounds like a good spot with an old find like that!
HH,
Donny

[UnEarthed72]

Very cool Shawn, you will have to tell me more about this site, it sounds like a good spot with an old find like that!
HH,
Donny

it's not a III cent piece lol...but still a cool find

We'll have a hunt over on this side soon,I'm in the process of getting permission for a few out in the woods foundations,an old stone flour mill,a still standing all field stone 1800's glass factory and some other really cool sites--as well as the site I'm at right now...i just want us to have some variety so we can go from place to place


Shawn

[ivan salis]

dix is french for ten --centimes is french for cents --( so its ten cents ) emperor napoloen III (the third) was napoleons "grandson" -- oddly he was both the first "president" of france and the last emperor of france.

[Tim (PA)]

Splendid find

[Hunter]

Nice find!

[bookfisher]

Very cool coin! WTG!

[UnEarthed72]

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who looked at my post,as well as helping out with an I.D. and coin info.

HH
Shawn