1.   As the story unfolds, the reader learns that the French gold coins left at the murder scenes are linked to spies living in London.

2.   It also happens to be the name of an old French coin.

3.   Musket balls, arrow points, earrings and a French coin also have been taken from the dense soil known as clay gumbo.

4.   She offered it to me and I reached into my pocket and offered, in turn, a selection of the French coins I had.

5.   By happy coincidence, the initials of European Currency Unit form the name of an old French coin.

6.   The search has yielded French and Spanish ceramics, a French coin, buttons, jewelry, musket balls and arrow points.

7.   France insists Maastricht represented a binding commitment to the ecu, which was also the name of a medieval French coin.