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Nic Pillar of the Community Philippines 1156 Posts	Posted 08/08/2009 07:57 am Request please ID for this coin, I think it's France but am wondering why my other coins have "Francaise" and this one only Helvetia? Advance thanks! Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16810 Posts	Posted 08/08/2009 08:30 am "Helvetia" is the old Latin name for Switzerland. They use Latin because Switzerland has four official languages, and they can't cram them all onto something as tiny as a coin. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 08/08/2009 5:23 pm Also, that year is cupro-nickel, with face value equivalent to € 1,30. Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 08/08/2009 6:16 pm For some reason they have enough space on the "small" (rappen/centime) coins for the full Latin version of the country name - Confœderatio Helvetica. The little "B" refers to the mint in Bern, but some of the pieces in that year, also with the B, were made by The Royal Mint in the UK. Your type was made between 1968 and 1981, but today's 1 Fr coins have basically the same look ... Christian Report this Post to the Staff
Nic Pillar of the Community Philippines 1156 Posts	Posted 08/09/2009 01:45 am Thank you! ID advise greatly appreciated Report this Post to the Staff
jprine Pillar of the Community United States 1599 Posts	Posted 08/09/2009 5:58 pm I recently found a 1 franc from Switzerland. I used the following site to identify it. http://www.treasurerealm.com/coinpa.../France.html Report this Post to the Staff
Nic Pillar of the Community Philippines 1156 Posts	Posted 08/10/2009 02:43 am Just visited the site, looked interesting, thanks jprine! Report this Post to the Staff
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