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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jupke, post: 1010634, member: 7294&quot;]<b>France Vichy coin</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin that you showed is a Vichy French State issue franc. This means that the coin was minted by the war government of France (that actually resided in Vichy, France at that moment).</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a aluminum coin of approximately 23 mm, designed by Lucien Bazor (hence the LB at rigfht of the axe). At the left of the axe, you can clearly see the mint mark B for Beaumont. </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is registered in Krause under KM902.2 with a mintage of 68.082.000 pieces (and 205.564.000 for the ones without mintmark). The pricing for the B mintmark is F 5, VF 9, XF 28, UNC 80 and BU 120 (source Krause 1901-2000 edition 2008). This coin is quite regular to find in lower conditions, but is scarce in XF and higher (hence the high price). The pricing given earlier in this thread is correct, but is linked to a more common non mintmarked coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>On the picture it looks like the coin is quite high grade, but you can only be sure of that if you have the coin in hand of course!</p><p><br /></p><p>At your service,</p><p>Jupke[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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