anybody know about old french coins?

[Anonymous]

my friend found this with his explorer. it says LUD XVI on the front, which sorta dates it, but i can't find a picture of it anywhere. it's way smaller than a dime and very thin - got a nail driven through it like it was used as a button. any ideas?

 

[Jim upstate NY]

Boy they were desperate to use that as a button More than likely it was nailed over the door

 

[Anonymous]

I guessed button cause of the shape of the "shank". (the nail is bent in a circle on the back.) it's tiny, about the size of a regular shirt button. anybody's guess as to the metal it's made of. i kinda doubt silver, since it's more bronze colored. ??? hh.

neal, UT

 

[Jim upstate NY]

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[Anonymous]

Just an FYI
On French coins with King Louis XVI (b1765-d1793) - his bust is usually circled with the Latin legend LUD-XVI-D-G FR-ET-NAV-REX which translates to Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre.

 

[Andrus(ut)]

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