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Quote: Those coins were supposedly 'legal tender' across France but you had to be in the region named on the coin to get one - they were only available at main post offices in that region for face value! So this is an authentic Corsican coin! I went on holiday to Spain that summer and drove up and down through France, zig-zagging to try to pass through as many regions as possible to get the coins. I didn't cross the Mediterranean to get to Corsica though! Thank you for sharing this with us. 
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Quote: to try to pass through as many regions as possible to get the coins. Yes, thank you for the information, NumisRob!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Austria to Switzerland - 20 Francs 1998: 100th Anniversary of Death of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer 
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Austria to Switzerland, 10 Rappen, 1930.  
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HondoB looks like an obvious case of great minds thinking alike. I do like your Swiss coin better then mine however.
Cheers, Bill
Edited by Hounddog Bill Today 2H 36M ago
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Well, for the 20,000th post  Switzerland to Germany, 1913-A 3 Marks:  Here is too the next 20k posts! 
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Nice coin, mrwhatisit! Quote: 20,000th post
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Germany to Netherlands - 2.5 Cents 1886 
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Quote:Quote: 20,000th post The topic has 20,000+ posts now.  
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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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