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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 3723648, member: 102103"]Fun collection! For #3, I would guess it is a crudely made love token.</p><p>The two initials on the right and left might be two sets of initials, and the center HCC could be some abbreviated phrase. I think the "An" 1876 just refers to the year, so it probably commemorates something from that year, such as a wedding. I have several love tokens from approximately that era, mostly on dimes from the 1850s and 1860s if you'd like to see one for comparison.</p><p><br /></p><p>#23 I believe was a standard issue coin. It was just after WWI, and France was hoping for large reparations payments from Germany which never fully panned out. The 1/2, 1 and 2 francs were all made of silver before the war, and switched to aluminum-bronze afterward due to precious metal shortages. The "Bon Pour" indicated that they were still "worth" the face amount in spite of the composition change.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 3723648, member: 102103"]Fun collection! For #3, I would guess it is a crudely made love token. The two initials on the right and left might be two sets of initials, and the center HCC could be some abbreviated phrase. I think the "An" 1876 just refers to the year, so it probably commemorates something from that year, such as a wedding. I have several love tokens from approximately that era, mostly on dimes from the 1850s and 1860s if you'd like to see one for comparison. #23 I believe was a standard issue coin. It was just after WWI, and France was hoping for large reparations payments from Germany which never fully panned out. The 1/2, 1 and 2 francs were all made of silver before the war, and switched to aluminum-bronze afterward due to precious metal shortages. The "Bon Pour" indicated that they were still "worth" the face amount in spite of the composition change.[/QUOTE]
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