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I don't have a newish World Coin Price Guide so just wondering how much this set is worth? Also, any idea how many were minted? Thanks   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have the 2008 edition of Krause
The set is a Specimen FDC Set (Fleur De Coin)
Krause has it @$60 market value and has a mintage of 60,000
Edited by onejinx
04/03/2011 11:52 am
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Just used google translate. I knew "Fleur" was french for flower. But somehow, when you add "De Coin" to it it turns to "Uncirculated".
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France
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Yep, that's actually a nice set :)
FDC is the same as UNC (uncirculated).
Tell me if you want to sell it, my wife was actually born on that year (I got a set from the US for my year - 1979)
I actually never saw the white I cent coin in circulation (maybe I was too young - I think they stopped a few years after)
Edited by MathieuMa
04/03/2011 5:02 pm
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Once I get enough posts I will post it up.
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United Kingdom
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I believe that Fleur de coin literally translates as "of the bloom of the die" rather than strictly translating as flower. But you can see what they were getting at - the best that a die can give - like a first pressing - like extra virgin olive oil almost :)
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Yep, that's exactly this. It's not the same as proofs - which are done using special dies.
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Germany
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By the way, "FDC" is used in several languages. In Italian it is short for "fior di conio", in Portuguese it's "flor de cunho" - and both terms mean the same as "fleur de coin". :)
Christian
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Great looking set! I'd be interested too, if you decide to try and sell it here on the forum.
Cheers,
SCS
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Hehe, looks like you'll have to auction that one (if you don't want to keep it) :p
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MathieuMa - let me if still interested.
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04/08/2011 7:01 pm
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Sure, I am :) (pm me if you want)
Just bought the set from this year (2011), as I'm getting a kid in a month or so :D
It's less representative with the euro though.
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04/09/2011 04:10 am
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Just put it in the "For Sale" Section.
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Those are very nice looking coins. I like that big coin in the middle.
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The design is very old, and dates back to just after the french revolution : http://franc.francais.free.fr/modul...dex&piece=5fI have some recent 1 franc (1991 if I remember well) with Regarding those euros ... they don't know what to do to sell silver and gold at a very high price. Those coins are nice, but to me they are not the same thing as regular circulating coins (a bit like proofs in the US - they look good but are not sold at face value - don't flame me for this please :p) |
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