Anyone with info on King Louis XVI Copper French Coin from 1789?
I found an old copper french coin from 1789 and I am not sure what it is or what to do with it. It is fairly dirty and green crusted. Should I clean it? If so, how do I clean it so as not to damage the actual coin? I found a picture of the coin on this site:
http://coins.delcampe.net/page/list/language,E,cat,8686,var,Coins-France-987-1789-Royal-1774-1791-Louis-XVI.html
Scroll to the third row from the bottom and it is the one with the caption: SOL A L´ECU 1783 AIX EN PROVENCE that is selling for 18 Euro. The coin is exactly the same except for the date.
If anyone knows anything about this or where I can get more info on it I would appreciate that.
The first rule of coin cleaning is: If you don’t know its value, don’t clean it, or if you think it is valuable, don’t clean it, or if you know it is valuable, don’t clean it. More on coin cleaning/care in first link.
Also, is it possible it is a jeton? See second link.
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