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rggoodie Moderator United States 23598 Posts	Posted 01/08/2007 9:10 pm Ned to identify country 1/2 franc 1997 picture of rowing man on obverse with 22 stars do not have photo is being described to me by a YN thanks for your help rggoodie aka Richard "catch em doing something right" Report this Post to the Staff

RenaL Pillar Of The Community Turkey 1205 Posts	Posted 01/09/2007 03:30 am the description makes me say it may be a Switzerland 1/2 Franc. If so, it is a lady not a man :) pictures taken from the Swissmint webpage: http://www.swissmint.ch/e/products/index.shtml Edited by RenaL 01/09/2007 03:55 am Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16882 Posts	Posted 01/09/2007 03:42 am ...and there should be 23 stars on post-1982 coins. To make sure, ask the YN if the word "Helvetia" appears below the standing figure. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
RenaL Pillar Of The Community Turkey 1205 Posts	Posted 01/09/2007 04:04 am Well, I guess they all have 23 stars. I didn't count until you mentioned that Sap :) Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16882 Posts	Posted 01/09/2007 07:11 am I only know this because Krause points this out. The additional star is the only change in the design if the ½ franc coin since 1875. On these coins, it's one-star-per-state (the states are called "cantons" in Switzerland). In 1979, Switzerland split off the district of Jura from the state of Bern, creating a new state. This new state "got it's star" on the coins in 1982. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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