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Weyburn resident Yvonne McNeil holds a 1793 two-sou
coin from France in her hand. The coin shows King Louis XVI,
and has long been in Yvonne's family. The coin was originally
brought over to Canada by her great-grandfather Emil Pierlot,
who immigrated here from Belgium. The coin will no longer be
a part of her family, however, as it was sold over the Internet.
Yvonne said a coin of this vintage in good shape could go for
a few thousand dollars, where this one fetches a few hundred
dollars from coin collectors. |