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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 2062913, member: 42034&quot;]Here&#039;s one of mine.&nbsp; I used to collect French but gave it up some years ago.</p><p>I brought photos of this + some of my others pieces to coin shop owners in Paris 2 years ago but they weren&#039;t impressed and told me this piece was pretty common.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.coinsandhistory.com/pix_coin/Fr_5F_1874_both_low.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>This is the last gasp of the Napoleonic dynasty: Napoleon IV but struck before he had any power in Switzerland in 1874 (ex Stack&#039;s sale).</p><p><br /></p><p>I made a foolish mistake and missed buying a nice 100 days 5 Francs some time ago also.&nbsp; One always remembers the ones that got away...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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