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Just bought these two King Louis XIV medals on a guess. Does someone know the age of these. The are stamped on the side with a cornucopia and the word bronze and they are signed with scaldis/ M.DC.LXVII. and the other one signed FVARIN

 

No other dates mentioned on them?
In the description of this one https://drouot.com/fr/l/9145344--medaille-en-bronze-edition-la it says it's dated 1975

Monnaie de Paris still makes them.
https://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/fr/medaille-historique-la-devise-de-louis-xiv-bronze-florentin-81

 

oke good to know, but because they made them from the 19th century until now and it is hard to date them. But these are not new like your last link. I think .

 

I believe the cornucopia is the mark of the Paris Mint. I have several miscellaneous from there...all are dated, mostly mid 20th C.

 

yes i think also, sadly mine have been laquered over. bummer hope i can sell them

 

Any old francophile would want them, so they'll sell. The question is for how much.

 

It appears the busts used on the obverse sides of your medals are used often on medals with a wide variety of different reverse designs. A version with the same obverse and reverse of your second medal sold recently for $150. That’s the only one I saw that matched yours on both sides in a quick eBay search. Condition is everything in the exonumia world so shellac won’t help. https://www.ebay.com/itm/2561445321...PaJeJ8KTqu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

oke thanks, is there a way to remove the shellac?

 

Acetone?

 

Cleaning a coin can be a fast way to destroy value. There are ways to safely clean by soaking in acetone, but there is a technique to it, and if done incorrectly, even that can destroy value. Here is a thread on the topic: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/proper-acetone-procedure.193708/

 

well i am not going to do that to big of a change it go's horrible wrong on many levels. but thanks for the tip.

 

have sold them as found for 70 euro