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France 1811 5 Francs My First Napoleon

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 Posted 03/19/2023  8:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ColonialCoinsUK to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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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 Posted 03/21/2023  3:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Albert to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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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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 Posted 03/21/2023  11:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add OwlBuffs to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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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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 Posted 03/22/2023  6:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ColonialCoinsUK to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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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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 Posted 03/22/2023  6:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add HondoB to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This is where I should just keep my mouth shut.
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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....

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"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.

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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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