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great commem muddler!  |
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1997 Guernsey silver proof £5 coin showing Leeds Castle in Kent:  There is a tenuous connection between Guernsey and Leeds Castle - the first stone castle was built here by William the Conqueror on the site of a Saxon fortress, and Guernsey was part of the Duchy of Normandy and was therefore united to the English crown under William the Conqueror. But I only bought this coin as it has a local connection - Leeds Castle is only a few miles from where I live, and is one of my favorite stately homes:  |
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1997 Guernsey silver proof £5 coin showing Leeds Castle in Kent: Very nice!
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1997 Guernsey silver proof £5 coin showing Leeds Castle in Kent: Very pretty!
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Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, DE, USA: (United States -- 50 cents, 1936)   |
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The annual silver 10-euro coins issued by the French Mint often show distinctive features associated with particular regions of France. In 2011 the theme was famous places - this 10-euro coin from the Midi-Pyrenees shows the Capitole Building in Toulouse, the vault of Albi Cathedral and the dramatic modern Millau viaduct, completed in 2004:  |
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nice examples . here is one from the 17th century 1685 jeton issued by Jan Heymans, treasurer of the city of Brussels 1683-1684. Obv. coat-of-armsJan Heymans QVESTOR TOTIES TOTIESQ SENATOR  Rev. City Hall of Brussels BRVXELLA SEPTENARIA NVMERO GAVDEMVS EODEM 15 head 85 with points Saint Michel, the archangel defeating the beast, is standing on top of the highest pinnacle  the coin shows the city hall of Brussels on the Grand Place in Brussels, about one decade before the destruction in 1696 by the army of Louis XIV only to be rebuilt in the splendor we know today  for a bit of history see: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/857 |
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Great example, 1c5d7n5m! Another modern French one - silver 100 Francs 1993 showing the Louvre Museum in Paris:  |
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nice modern examples, Dorado and NumisRob ! I have just one other city hall token: this one is from 1836, issued by the French town of La Rochelle  The OBV of this small medal (about 10 gram of silver) shows a front view of the renaissance façade ("La Grande Galerie) of the city hall, which was constructed between 1595 and 1605. The stair hall of honors (Escalier d'honneur) on the left is in its original version, today we can see a modified version, a smaller structure, erected in 1877 (see second photo below). The REV is a bit boring especially for this thread    |
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I have just one other city hall token: this one is from 1836, issued by the French town of La Rochelle Very nice!
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The White House, Washington DC, US -- United States, 1 dollar, 1992:   |
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Nice design on that dollar... Two Parisian places on this 1994 French 100 francs - Notre-Dame Cathedral on one side and the Arc de Triomphe on the other. Struck to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris:  |
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Old Faithful Geyser -- Wyoming, USA: United States, 1 dollar, 1999:   United states, 1 dollar, 2016:   |
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Old Faithful Geyser -- Wyoming, USA: Nice pair!
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