I notice a new French expert & slabbing company has started up - GENI. The slab is unusual in its octagonal shape, with the label on the edge....
It is amazing that cameras have been pushed to millions of pixels of resolution each with millions of possible colors, and yet a 256-color image...
France 1960, the classic design [img]
Unfortunately it looks like a fake. Heavier "parchment" paper? Toning, all are commonly seen among fakes.
Thanks. Much nicer when you see the whole piece, instead of just the portion they put on the 20F coin: [img] France 1907
France 1900 Universal Expo/Olympics, by my favorite JC Chaplain [img] [img]
I'm not sure what more you're expecting. I provided documentation from one of the definitive French catalogs that states there are many varieties...
Here's the logic behind that: At the start of the first world war in 1914, France immediately suspended use of gold coins and the conversion of...
In Le Franc, this paragraph is in the notes about th 10c you have (for all dates, not specific to 1986): Il existe, sur les differents milesimes,...
I would like a new version of this game, where the jump from one coin to the next is based on some/any common theme or story. The poster would...
France, Centenary of the Banque de France, 1900 [img] [img]
Very nice!!!
If you have one available, you might try another browser on your PC and see if that changes things. The rendering method of higher-than-specified...
I am no expert in that, but would start at either pcgs.com or ngccoin.com as they are the top tier grading services. You might also check with a...
I completely agree with you on this - I'm just showing my (lack of) depth of the beginnings of the war.
Please consider me a bit slow :) Is that the order that countries were involved in WWII? I thought Germany would be up there somewhere...
Beautiful medal, Brandon
Agree. I think I would have this one graded.
I have a feeling I should have just "agreed to disagree" - my inputs don't seem to be helpful. Good luck with the silver.
And I think you're describing a bizarre definition of "worth". Worth is based on what people will pay, not some fundamental "state of existence"....
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