Ah, I misread. No, I don't think there were any aluminum Semeuse coins of any size, unless they were patterns maybe.
The silver French 5F Semeuse is 29mm, just a skosh* smaller than the US half. * skosh = 1.5mm :) [img]
That issue is called Guiraud, after the engraver. The figure is a typical Marianne of France. Worth a dollar or three.
Not a unique one, but I have this one made by Boggs in a relatively small edition for the 1995 FUN show. If this were printed in green and were...
Those are nice and beefy. I have sort of a matched set of the 1852/1853 issues: [img] [img]
One of the advantages you have with scanning is measurement. You can scan and display the coins at 600 dpi, and just tell us that info, and anyone...
Imagine buying that coin from the photos only, and then getting the "in hand" version of the coin. Upon complaint to the buyer, he responds...
The WIkipedia article you quote says Saint Stephen is "...often holding a miniature church building or a censer". I'm not quite sure I see either...
I find it very appealing :) There are "0"'s around the margin on the obverse side, and an "8" at about the 10:00 position. Do you know the...
Well call me baffled! Steve to you know if the 1935 banknotes released came in sequential order in bundles? If not, it would be a bit of a feat to...
Consecutive numbers do not come from a single sheet, which may be what you're imagining. And you'd be right, a single sheet with one note shifted...
Also be aware that most dslr cameras have an anti-aliasing filter intended to smooth out individual pixelization that naturally occurs with the...
The reverse of this medal is quite stunning too. I should get a larger version of it, but you can get a sense from this: [img]
Yeah, this mail goes around, and not just among coin circles.
Sounds like Napster all over again. In an effort to get around just putting out all the music for a fee, they invented a peer-to-peer sharing...
More from France [img] [img] [img]
Here's a comparison [img]
I had that happen recently, it was pretty annoying. In my case it was from Amazon, and vendor handled it and shipped another one. I've never found...
Probably the most famous one, another by Oscar Roty: [img] Chaplain's Marianne [img]
Jim, it's the Counterfeit Deterrence System, on many current banknotes - http://www.frenchbanknotes.com/articles/CDS.php
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