Posted 01/13/2013 4:10 pm
Of course we are looking at the France 10 centimes 1853 with mint mark MA (for Marseille), with mintmaster sign of A-J Beaussier (scallop) and engraver sign of Jean-Jacques Barre (Anchor).
According to the leading French coin catalog (Gadoury), 889145 pieces were struck of this coin. It list as values (in euro, 1 euro = 1.33 USD): Good 25, Fine 50, Very fine 130, extremely fine 400. No prices are listed for better quality.
It is always hard to judge a coin from pictures and its better to do it with the coin in hand, but the pictures that you show here look like a circulated piece. The head of Napoleon III is rather flat and the feathers on the body of the eagle have lost some of their detail. Based on that I would rate the piece as a VF+.
According to the leading French coin catalog (Gadoury), 889145 pieces were struck of this coin. It list as values (in euro, 1 euro = 1.33 USD): Good 25, Fine 50, Very fine 130, extremely fine 400. No prices are listed for better quality.
It is always hard to judge a coin from pictures and its better to do it with the coin in hand, but the pictures that you show here look like a circulated piece. The head of Napoleon III is rather flat and the feathers on the body of the eagle have lost some of their detail. Based on that I would rate the piece as a VF+.
