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davidrj Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 510 Posts	Posted 01/21/2014 08:24 am Top coin is a new arrival today France 1853 K 10 centimes with a vertical vine leaf as opposed to the normal horizontal one details :- Catalogued in Le Franc 10 as 133/6 & 133/7, 1,268,672 combined mintage; both quite hard to find above washer grade, so quite pleased at a £10 BIN on ebay Report this Post to the Staff

Jupke Valued Member Belgium 83 Posts	Posted 01/21/2014 10:04 am I took the libverty of investigating this piece (the vertical leaf) in the French reference catalogs: Mentioned in Le Franc VIII (2009) as F133/7 with values (in euro): Good (G10) 50, Fine (F25) 90, VF (VF45) 250, AUnc (AU58) 750. No values for higher grades. Mentioned in Gadoury 2011 as Gad248 with values (in euro) : Good 40, Fine 80, VF 220, XF700. No values for higher grades. The piece registered in the "collection idéale" (best piece known, see e-franc ( http://www.lefranc.net/monnaie,dix-...nue,133.html ) is AU58. Values in euro at e-franc for this piece (in euro): G10 55; F25 100; VF45 280; AU58 800. Nice find for 10 pounds! Report this Post to the Staff
davidrj Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 510 Posts	Posted 01/21/2014 8:40 pm Still looking for the recently discovered 1855K(a)with the vertical vine leaf though (Le Franc X 133/27) Report this Post to the Staff
Numismat Pillar of the Community United States 1666 Posts	Posted 01/22/2014 02:08 am Sorry to go off on a tangent, but do you know what is the difference between 133/12 and 133/13? Report this Post to the Staff
Jupke Valued Member Belgium 83 Posts	Posted 01/22/2014 02:59 am 133/12 is 10 centimes 1854 with mint mark BB and a small bee as a mintmaster mark 133/13 is thesame piece but with a big bee. This one is the scarcer one! see pictures on http://www.lefranc.net/monnaie,dix-...nue,133.html Report this Post to the Staff
Numismat Pillar of the Community United States 1666 Posts	Posted 01/22/2014 03:03 am Ahh ok, I had an inkling of an idea but wasn't sure. Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
davidrj Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 510 Posts	Posted 11/07/2015 07:56 am This one is new and not in the catalogues, 1853 MA 10 centimes with inverted scallop shell a normal 1853ma for comparison details Report this Post to the Staff
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