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otto Pillar of the Community United States 1328 Posts	Posted 04/22/2017 5:40 pm If you consider the silver content of the 2 coins shown below, it raises an interesting point about silver content vs. inflation. The more modern 5-francs actually has more silver than the 2-francs, and 5 is only 2-1/2 times 2. Most of the time you see much more inflation than this (i.e. Greek drachmai and many others). I'd be interested in what others think. Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21792 Posts	Posted 04/22/2017 6:17 pm I suspect that O.Roty's "The Sower" may have inspired St.Gauden's and Weinmans's walking Liberty designs. Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5186 Posts	Posted 04/22/2017 6:25 pm Technically speaking, the new 5 francs is actually 500 francs relative to the old coin. There was a redenomination by a factor of 100 shortly before 1963. They just decided to reuse the pre-WWI designs for the new coins. And it's actually not that ridiculous - the UK and the USA both survived that period without redenominating at all (as did Sweden, and IIRC a few other European countries), and in the USA's case the silver coins used in 1915 and 1963 had the same specifications (no inflation by even as much as 2-1/2 times). EDIT: Quote: I suspect that O.Roty's "The Sower" may have inspired St.Gauden's and Weinmans's walking Liberty designs. Edited by january1may 04/22/2017 6:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff
otto Pillar of the Community United States 1328 Posts	Posted 04/22/2017 6:35 pm january1may, thanks for clarifying redenomination of French Franc. Maybe the UK didn't redenominate, but they certainly debased their currency, in a sense, by moving from sterling to 0.5000 and then to CuNi. Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 04/22/2017 11:58 pm Even if it's just a few tidbits here and there, I always learn something browsing CCF. Thanks january1may! In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
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