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I believe the first one is an out of collar double
strike rather than an out of collar partial brockage.
I can see the "C" in Chile and it's not reversed (mirrored)
which it woud have to be if it were a brockage. Perhaps
someone belived them both to be brockages or both
to be double strikes and so, mated.

 

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The top coin appears to be a double strike with the first strike centered & the 2nd strike at 12:30 with uniface reverse.

The bottom coin is unrelated to the top coin.

The bottom coin appears to be the result of a brokage strike. A struck coin was not ejected properly & lay across the blank when it was being struck. This process pushes the collar die away during the strike.

 

The bottom coin is not a full brokage. It is obviously a partial brokage.

 

thanx for comments.

 

Here are a couple I picked up in a 'silver lot' of coins. 1801-1802 5 Franc Union Et Force and 1910 Kaiser Wilhelm 3 mark. I am new to collecting so was nice to pick up some nice coins to add variety to my collection.

 

Niiiiiiiice!

 

Gotta love the portrayal or an aborigine on a coin. Makes me think of the U.S. Buffalo nickel with the Indian.

 

Very interesting coin!

I think 'pituto' means something like button (in the context of 'empuja el pituto' = press the button)

 

Close, it refers to a third person pressing some buttons unofficially with an official outcome. A person that can operate beyond the constrains of the system. A person that can get you stuff done.

 

nice Union et Force 5 francs

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The Union et Force 5 francs is one of the most historical & sought after (in high grade or rare variety) French coins. Your specimen is "AN 10" or September 1801 - 1802. The new French Revolutionary Gov't abolished the old calendar system and came up with a new calendar which is why you don't see a regular Christian date. Evenetually people didn't like this and it was abolished by Napoleon in 1806, going back to the old dating system. Your coin was struck by something called The French Directory. The mint mark is not readable in your photo, it's on the reverse at 6:00.

I tried to acquire one of these for several years, bidding up to $3,000 or maybe $3,500 (I forget now) for them at Heritage Auctions but never was sucessful in getting one. You can see some of my other French Revolutionary coinage here:
http://www.coinsandhistory.com/countries/French_coins2.html#1793

 

Great info! Any idea what this might be worth in this condition?

 

Not really. I could try looking it up but can't do this any better than you can. Knowing the mint mark on the reverse would be a help. Also the French are really big on die varieties of these things so really a very clear & high res image is necessary.

There is a big market for these in France by die variety date & mint mark, much like Bust dollars or early (1793-1807) large cents in the USA.

 

just a clue, mine in european extra fine sold for............................................£12,492

 

Still trying to learn how to take a good coin photo, but mint mark is 'K'

 

Try standing it up at a slight angle.

 

Played around a bit, still need a LOT of practice though

 

2007 2 Zloty commemorating the 75th anniversary of cracking the Enigma code.

 

Aboriginal tribesmen on coins is cool.

 

Got this 1951-G today. It's scuffed up, but I got it for melt and love these.

And this is one I've been wanting for a long time. Just won the auction today and the seller gave me permission to use his pictures.

 

Nice score on the Mad Bavarian John. :thumb: