This was being discussed in another thread so I decided to post mine. I was working on diversifying my Portuguese colonial collection recently....
What a trip it's been visiting French coinage from around the world. Our last stop on the tour brings us to the Americas. There are or were French...
Today is the penultimate stop on our tour of the French colonies. On this stop we'll visit a few more island chains in the Indian Ocean and South...
After an extended stay in Africa, today the tour is heading out to the South Pacific. French Polynesia and its predecessor, French Oceania,...
Today in our tour we're going to jump around a bit as we spend our last day in Africa. There are a few French African colonies that either had...
Today our tour stops in central Africa at Cameroon. The first French coins for Cameroon were issued in 1924, with the last issued in 1958 before...
On this installment of our tour we'll be remaining in North Africa and visiting Tunisia. France established a protectorate in Tunisia in 1881,...
Morocco was a French protectorate from 1912 to 1956. I have examples of most of the coins issued during this period, except for some of the silver...
I've bought a few things recently on eBay from sellers in Europe who had their prices listed in Canadian dollars. I was just curious if there's a...
On this edition of our expedition we'll be staying in Africa and visiting French West Africa and Togo. French West Africa represented nine...
Today on our numismatic journey we venture into the middle of Africa. French Equatorial Africa consisted of the later states of Chad, Gabon,...
Next up on our tour of the French colonies, we visit Madagascar. An island off the east coast of Africa, Madagascar was a French colony until...
Greetings, and thank you for joining me on this numismatic tour of the French colonies. One of my major collecting interests is in coins from...
This just arrived today. It cost more than most of the coins I buy but it checks several boxes of things that interest me: colonial Africa, animal...
I know nothing about these. This is a first for me but I saw these and remembered seeing people talking about similar coins so I picked them up....
From time to time people post a thread about their smallest coin. I haven't compared this to others I have but this is definitely a contender....
I went to a coin shop today and got a bunch of coins. Here are a few of the more interesting ones I wanted to share. The 1793 Bermuda 1 penny...
I found this in a junk bin today. It doesn't look like a coin I've ever seen, though I can't count it out. I figured a token is probably more...
I know the 1808 is from France and I had the 1811 identified as France too, but looking at them next to each other I don't think it is. The 1811...
Has anyone who sells coins on eBay tried the new "eBay standard envelope" shipping option? I just saw it pop up among options when printing labels...
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