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Bedrock of the Community
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Wow, how very fine, OwlBuffs!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Thank you! Happy collecting!
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That is a fantasic coin, erafjel - a real beauty! Thank you! It is still one of my favorites - I don't think you can blame me for falling in love with French coins after this one.  Quote:
Wow, how very fine, OwlBuffs!  Quote:
French coins, especially from the Napoleonic Era, are really fun to collect! I agree with this too. From Napoleon, I expanded my French collection forwards and backwards in time, now I have coins all the way from 480 BC Greek Massalia (Marseille) to 2001 (I stop when the euro came). A couple of more Napoleons found their way into my collection. Here is the only 5 francs Napoleon I have, minted during the "100 days" when Napoleon returned to France after having escaped from his first exile on the island of Elba and took up war against the Coalition again. Unsuccessfully, as we know, and after that he was sent to St Helena in the middle of the Atlantic instead. 5 francs, 1815, Paris (A). Then I have this earlier one, from the time when France was still called a republic - but with an emperor ...  20 francs, 1807, Paris (A). And finally, one from before that, when Napoleon was still 1st consul and the revolutionary calendar was still in use: 40 francs, year 12 (1803-04), Paris (A). |
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Erafjel, I see you are from Sweden. Do you have any coins from Charles XIV, Jean Bernadotte? For people less familiar with Swedish history, Bernadotte was a French general and was one of Napoleon's marshals during the Napoleonic Wars before being adopted as heir to the Swedish throne (he later allied Sweden against Napoleonic France!).
His descendants are still on the Swedish throne today.
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OwlBuffs, no, I have no Charles XIV coins. I would have had, if I hadn't shifted focus to French coins ...But if I come across a nice riksdaler of his, I might fix that.  And yes, we still have those Frenchies on our throne today!  Charles XVI is 76 years old and will probably live long yet. One day he will be succeeded by Victoria I. |
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Just finished rereading an old France Magazine article on a visit to St. Helena. Expensive and not easy to do but very interesting.
I wish I had a 100 Days coin as nice as that 5 franc erafjel. I have a very worn 2 franc, which I found in Paul Bosco's NYC shop 10 years ago. Randomly mixed up with other coins, it was a memorable find.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Some great looking Napoleon coins!
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Great Napoleonic coins - fascinating period of history that changed so many things globally. I also collect this area and managed to recently complete my French typeset over at the NGC Registry. https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/co...sets/198897/Now just need to fill in all the gaps  |
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I have a very worn 2 franc, which I found in Paul Bosco's NYC shop 10 years ago. Out of curiosity, how much time did it take to go through the piles & boxes? I was surprised to see his name here. Makes me wonder if we know each other. |
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Great Napoleonic coins - fascinating period of history that changed so many things globally. I also collect this area and managed to recently complete my French typeset over at the NGC Registry. Whoa - that's quite the collection! Congrats on assembling that together! |
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Whoa - that's quite the collection! Congrats on assembling that together! Many thanks - took more than 10 years and a few submissions to NGC! At the moment prices seem to have got silly so it may be a while before filling any more slots - a big lottery win would be very useful  Lot 933 in the upcoming April MDC Monaco would be nice but it has a starting price of 100,000euros - and my wife says I am not allowed to sell the house |
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This is where I should just keep my mouth shut. ColonialCoinsUK said: Quote:
my wife says I am not allowed to sell the house Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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I don't think we know each other Albert, but it sounds like you've been in there too. I read about it on-line and had to see it once, when I was in New York seeing our kids and had some time on my hands. I believe I spent an hour in there...the more I talked and told stories, the more boxes that came out. I have been in similar shops all over the world, and have developed a kind of instinct for finding them. Falcone's shop in San Jose CA is similar....lots of Spanish cobs and California nuggets lying around. Many dusty boxes were shuffled through. I was looking mainly for French coins. I believe that I also found a Charles IX teston in his jumble, but it was not as memorable as the 1815 Napoleon 2 franc. Here I am on the way to Bosco's....picked up a shirt on the way....  "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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I think my favourite Napoleonic coin isn't French, but Italian.  This little piece is 2.5 grams, the same weight and size as a French 50 centime piece (or a US dime after 1873). |
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Nice one, publius!
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