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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrey5, post: 192705, member: 6289&quot;]I have this France 10 Francs 1862A in silver, not in gold as it should be.</p><p><a href="http://www.avscoins.com/showcoin.php?cat=France%20%28before%201900%29&amp;id=FR-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.avscoins.com/showcoin.php?cat=France%20%28before%201900%29&amp;id=FR-6" rel="nofollow">http://www.avscoins.com/showcoin.php?cat=France%20(before%201900)&amp;id=FR-6</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I could not find traces of gold plating on it, thus I doubt that it was intended to be used in circulation as a fake of a gold coin. It is also only 1,45 g, which is less than a half of the weight of the gold coin. </p><p>Krause does not list an off-metal strike in silver, only in gilt bronze.</p><p><br /></p><p>What could this be?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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