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I'll give the Luxembourgers some love...

 

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With so much text, the Swiss piece must be a commem. The coin commemorates the 1848 constitution which gave Switzerland its federal structure - the fundament of a stronger Switzerland, as the Latin text says.

The coin from Luxembourg is also a commemorative piece: Jang de Blannen (John the Blind, see here) was Count of Luxembourg. The date (26 Aug 1346) refers to when he died in the battle of Crécy ...

Christian

 

Got me beat by 3 years!!! Here's my 1583


And while I don't have many latter 1 francs, I do have a 5 Francs of Napoleon IV [below].


I'll bet most thought there were only 3 of them...

 

I thought the Commune made them also in 1871? I don't have that one: only the Paris one from 1870.

 

This is standard French franc of 1871-1895.

 

Cameroun of Free France.
1 franc 1943.
This colony didn't recognize the Vichy pro-fascists Regime.

 

New Caledonie as the member of French Union.
1 franc 1949.

 

Belgian Congo. Rwanda-Urundi.
1 franc 1958.

 

France. Evreux.
1 franc 1922. Token.

 

The male version of the Sower (Semeuse), so to say.

 

A special tribute between Russia and France, this is a restrike coin perhaps made in 1990s.

37.5 ruble - 100 franc



This is actually based on genuine gold coin issued in 1902. However mintage was just mere 225 (from memory)

 

John the Blind is quite a romantic figure, and was esteemed a nearly ideal knight at the time. At the battle of Crecy he requested of his men 'Sirs, ye are my men, my companions and friends in this journey: I require you bring me so far forward, that I may strike one stroke with my sword.' which he did, though he and his men were all killed in the process.
After the battle, a crest worn by John in the battle and his chivalric motto Ich dien ("I serve") were adopted by Edward the Black Prince, and since then they have been part of the badge of thePrince of Wales and his coat of arms. (Wikipedia)