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erafjel
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 Posted 04/22/2025 04:44 am
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France 1790, 1 écu.
Yesterday's 1791 portrait of Louis XVI differs in details from this one  . Ayway, this is what the king looked like in 1774, when this coin series was first issued. |
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| 1897 French Indo-China Sapeque
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erafjel
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Posted 04/20/2025 07:30 am
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| It is an interesting collection area and quite possible to be absorbed by. A couple of years ago I started a thread about my collection of French Indochinese coins (well, two threads actually, one about small change and one about the silver coins). Perhaps they might be of interest to you. Here is the small change thread: https://goccf.com/t/445179 |
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erafjel
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Posted 04/20/2025 07:16 am
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There have been plenty of nice British tokens here. Here is a French one for a change (although minted in Britain  .)
France 1792, 5 sols. Minted in Soho, Birmingham at Matthew Boulton's mint, for the Monneron brothers.
Hercules was one of the ancient symbols popularized by the French revolutionaries. Here he has been tasked with demonstrating the difficulty of breaking a fasces consisting of many united straws. The message is clarified by the text "The French united are invincible." |
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erafjel
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Posted 04/17/2025 05:46 am
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A bunch of interesting coins for 1796 and 1795! 
France 1795-1796 (year 4), 5 centimes.
Seemingly insignificant, this is the very first coin in the new franc system introduced a few years after the French revolution. It is also the first time Marianne, the well-known symbol for the French republic, appears on a coin.
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| Unknown Coin Douzain 16-Centuryfrance
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erafjel
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Posted 04/12/2025 03:54 am
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Interesting coin. It is not present in the standard reference works (Duplessy's Les monnaies françaises royales or Lafaurie's Monnaies des rois de France).
It can be either Charles IX or money coined in the name of the usurper Charles X (unfortunately the ordinal number after CAROLVS is not readable). It is minted in Rouen (mint letter 'B' below the shield).
There are a number of varieties with various combinations of fleurs-de-lis, crowns, and the letter 'C' around the cross (or even dolphins for coins minted in Dauphiné), but the one with four fleurs-de-lis doesn't seem to be described anywhere. |
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erafjel
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Posted 04/09/2025 05:07 am
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We have had copper and silver for 1803 (very nice East India coin, NumisRob!), here is the gold:
France year 12 (1803-1804), 40 francs.
Year 12 is according to the French revolutionary calendar which was still in use at this time. The revolutionary year lasted from Sept-Sept, so this coin is from 1803-1804. |
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erafjel
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Posted 04/05/2025 02:49 am
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Good morning and welcome to 1807!
France 1807, 20 francs.
French coins from this period have the slightly contradictory presentation of Napoleon as Emperor of the Republic. |
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