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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 8130040, member: 4298&quot;]Probably a misunderstanding on my part [USER=77704]@panzerman[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>As I get it a sovereign isn&#039;t necessarily a coin bearing the King/Queen face (every coin, be it gold, silver or whatever would then be a sovereign), but rather a gold coin type, meant as a small bullion for people to invest their wealth into gold in an easy way. What I called &quot;sovereign&quot; sovereigns are those from the UK and commonwealth which are called that way. Many other countries have struck similar gold coins, although, when it comes to the european 20 francs or equivalent in different countries, they&#039;re a bit lighter than a sovereign</p><p>As a matter of fact the OP started with a french 3rd republic &quot;rooster&quot; 20 francs, reason why I allowed myself to post some <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gorgeous coins BTW John, especially the Jean II mouton d&#039;or, I love it</p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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