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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I believe that Fleur de coin literally translates as "of the bloom of the die" rather than strictly translating as flower. But you can see what they were getting at - the best that a die can give - like a first pressing - like extra virgin olive oil almost :)
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France
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Yep, that's exactly this. It's not the same as proofs - which are done using special dies.
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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By the way, "FDC" is used in several languages. In Italian it is short for "fior di conio", in Portuguese it's "flor de cunho" - and both terms mean the same as "fleur de coin". :)
Christian
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Valued Member
United States
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Great looking set! I'd be interested too, if you decide to try and sell it here on the forum.
Cheers,
SCS
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Pillar of the Community
France
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Hehe, looks like you'll have to auction that one (if you don't want to keep it) :p
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Valued Member
 United States
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MathieuMa - let me if still interested.
Edited by dumprat
04/08/2011 7:01 pm
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Pillar of the Community
France
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Sure, I am :) (pm me if you want)
Just bought the set from this year (2011), as I'm getting a kid in a month or so :D
It's less representative with the euro though.
Edited by MathieuMa
04/09/2011 04:10 am
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Valued Member
United States
460 Posts |
Just put it in the "For Sale" Section.
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Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
Those are very nice looking coins. I like that big coin in the middle.
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Pillar of the Community
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The design is very old, and dates back to just after the french revolution : http://franc.francais.free.fr/modul...dex&piece=5fI have some recent 1 franc (1991 if I remember well) with Regarding those euros ... they don't know what to do to sell silver and gold at a very high price. Those coins are nice, but to me they are not the same thing as regular circulating coins (a bit like proofs in the US - they look good but are not sold at face value - don't flame me for this please :p) |
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Germany
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Oh, I know that the original design was in use for a looong time. :) I even have a few ... not really from the early years but from the late 1960s (10 francs) and 1970s (50 francs). Yes, I agree the Monnaie de Paris issues lots and lots of fairly pricy coins. These new Hercule pieces, however, will be available at face, much like the Semeuse/Sower series (2008-2010). But while I found those designs, with the sower and the sun "moving" from coin to coin, quite attractive, this new one is ... well, I am not fond of it.
However, you can get both the €100 and the €1,000 Hercule coin at face value. Of course the intrinsic (precious metal) value is lower than that - but at least you don't pay 500 euro or so for a 100 euro piece.
Christian
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Pillar of the Community
France
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Face value ?
Try to get one of those and go buy a nice restaurant with it ... although it's legal to use it (in France, not in europe) - I'm not sure anyone will see this as anything else than a fancy token :D
OK, it's similar to the old 50 francs, which no one ever saw :D
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Pillar of the Community
France
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Just a quick update - just received the coin set, and I'm very glad to have bought it :)
Those sets look way better than current Euro ones.
Thanks dumprat !
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Valued Member
United States
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Thank you. Hope you like the coins. Very beautiful set.
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