French Gallery

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  1. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    [​IMG]Napoleon III Empereur (1852-1870) - 50 francs or 1857 A
    Atelier de Paris (A)
    NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, tête nue a droite
    EMPIRE FRANCAIS, tenture couronnée présentant un aigle, de part et d'autre 50 | FR, a l'exergue A 1857 ancre
    Tranche inscrite DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE
    16.13 gr
    Ref : Le Franc VIII # 547/4

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  3. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    [​IMG]3° republique - 1 franc 1888 A
    Atelier de Paris (A)
    . REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE ., tête de Cérès a gauche
    LIBERTE . EGALITE . FRATERNITE, couronne de lauriers et d'olivier avec au centre 1 FRANC 1888 en trois lignes, a l'exergue A
    Tranche cannelée
    5.00 gr
    Ref : Le Franc VIII # 216/10

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  4. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    [​IMG]3° republique - 1 franc 1901
    REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, semeuse allant a gauche
    LIBERTE . EGALITE . FRATERNITE, 1 FRANC en deux lignes, en dessous une branche d'olivier, a l'exergue 1901
    Tranche cannelée
    5.00 gr
    Ref : Le Franc VIII # 217/6

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  5. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    Is it your coins, Sir? Incredible collection!
     
  6. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    Yes they are, Siberien Man, for your pleasure (and mine of course)

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  7. Eduard

    Eduard Supporter**

    I do not post a lot lately, but I had to reply to these posts by Cucumbor - Congratulations, Cucumbor, you do have some beautiful coins!

    This 'Sol aux Balances' is an rarity in this condition - I know because I have been trying to find one. Your other coins are amazing too.
    Do you have any 5 Francs type Hercules, or Ecus de 6 Livres de La Convention. For some reason I am very interested on these coins. If you do please post them. We'd love to see them.

     
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  8. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    Thanks Eduard for the kind words

    No, I don't have any of these big coins. My purpose with french coins, is to have a selection of 40 nice coins and display them on one tray. The unwritten "rule" is to have more or less coins about the same size (e.g. a 2 francs, or a teston, or a 1/4 d'ecu) in order to have a range of many different types, but with a unity in the visual effect.
    I use that tray as an introduction to numismatics to people who show some interest. As many of you I guess, in my young age I would be a dead bore, wanting to show off my collection to aeveryone. Now, when people ask, and only on request, I show this tray of french coins. Then wait for questions. If the "slurp ! have you got more ?" comes, I go further. Otherwise I go to the malt whisky reserve and we have a toast to coin collecting...

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  9. Ripley

    Ripley Senior Member

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    Ode to Napoleon III
     
  10. Ripley

    Ripley Senior Member

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    Louie Philippe
     
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  11. Ripley

    Ripley Senior Member

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    Paris commune
     
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  13. torontokuba

    torontokuba Thread Crapper & Hijacker, TP please.

    WOW! That's a lot of cleaned coins on the last couple of pages. Is it rare to find uncleaned French coins from this period or in general?
     
  14. brg5658

    brg5658 Well-Known Member

    I never tire of this coin in my collection:

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  15. ffrickey

    ffrickey Junior Member

    I love the Hercules group, and the following give a nice illustration of the ravages of inflation over 100 years. Here is a Hercules 5 Francs from 1873, 24,94 g Ag 900. FR5Francs1873AHerc.jpg
     
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  16. ffrickey

    ffrickey Junior Member

    And 100 years later, a Hercules 50 Franc piece, 1976, after a 100-to-1 revaluation, therefore 5000 old Francs. Slightly bigger than the 5 Franc piece, but not FR50Francs1976Hercules.jpg so noticeable. 30 g Ag, 40 mm.
     
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  17. ffrickey

    ffrickey Junior Member

    Here is a teston of Charles IX, "le mal aimée", the man who brought you the St. Batholomew's Day massacre of Huguenots. This may help explain the apparent defacement. FRTeston-ca1562ChasIX.jpg
     
  18. ffrickey

    ffrickey Junior Member

    And here is a coin I find pretty. 20 Francs 1933. FR20Francs1933-1.jpg
     
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  19. torontokuba

    torontokuba Thread Crapper & Hijacker, TP please.

    Again, mine is nowhere near as shiny, plus it's all dinged up...

    5hercules.jpg 5 Francs 1873 2.jpg
     
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  20. Collect89

    Collect89 Coin Collector

    IMG_1408.jpg IMG_1405.jpg This is a big aluminum coin from France. I took the photos in 2011 & apparently didn't take a photo of the reverse. I think it is a 5 Franc coin.
     
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  21. Collect89

    Collect89 Coin Collector

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    Sweet toning on that 1919. I've got some toned pieces but not as nice as your coin.

     
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