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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 29121, member: 1824&quot;]Here&#039;s a new section that will be of interest to you.It is about Essai coins &amp; other Pattern coin.I have got 3 such pieces in my collection - a 1950(a) 100 Francs from Monaco,&amp; the New Hebrides 1967 10 &amp; 20 Francs.</p><p><br /></p><p>The location of &#039;ESSAI&#039; on the Monegasque coin is above the &#039;100&#039; in the space above the knight.The privy marks are at right.The privy mark is the Wing one of 1931-58.</p><p><br /></p><p>The location of &#039;ESSAI&#039; on the New Hebrides 10 Francs is to the left of the head on the obverse.The privy marks flank the &#039;f&#039; on the reverse.The</p><p>privy mark is the Owl one of 1958-74.The 20 Francs is the same specifications.</p><p><br /></p><p>The New Hebrides ones are of interest to me,as the New Hebrides became independent in 1980 as a republic within the British Commonwealth,so therefore,the New Hebrides coins are the only French</p><p>colonial coins that belong in a British Commonwealth coin collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have got any Essais &amp; other pattern coins,please leave either a description,or better still,post some scans with a closeup of the marking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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