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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dave M, post: 828427, member: 17469&quot;]Kind of different, ey? For many years France has minted(?) medals, and historically they&#039;ve been used for awards. You could buy a bunch, engrave the names of the &quot;winners&quot; on them (often for government-held positions, winners of events, etc), and give them out. They are found in bronze, silver and gold, and are not denominated with any value. They are not coins that one could spend. They still issue these medals, now mostly as collectibles. So the outer two in that picture are current, bought from <a href="http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/" rel="nofollow">http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/</a>. The center one is older, picked up of eBay. They are found in various shapes, since they weren&#039;t intended to stuff in your pocket <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I just have these because I couldn&#039;t resist, I am not a student of them, so I&#039;m sure others know far more about them than I.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dave[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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