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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2912441, member: 10461&quot;]BTW, yes, those are French privy marks flanking the date on your Greek coin.&nbsp; A huge quantity of European and world coins were struck in Paris under contracts with the French mint in this era.&nbsp; The British and Americans also did a lot of coining for hire in the late 1800s and early 1900s.&nbsp; Of course this is still done today, though with private firms as well as government mints taking the contracts to strike coins for other governments.</p><p><br /></p><p>That prominent signature with the name spelled out and not just in tiny, discreet initials?&nbsp; That&#039;s a very French sort of thing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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