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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 84371, member: 39"]Guess you mean the exhibition "Le nu et la médaille":</p><p><a href="http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/actualite/Expointro.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/actualite/Expointro.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/actualite/Expointro.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Apart from the introductory text, you can understand the descriptions even in case you do not speak French. And of course they let you order the exhibits - what a great "exhibition". <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Well, like many other mints the Monnaie de Paris sells all kinds of products these days. And it does issue too many coins in my opinion. Even worse, you have to pay far more than face for each piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I did and will buy a few that I find nice. For example, I also have the Napoleon/Code Civil coin, but I am not really into coins with battle themes, so I did not get the Austerlitz coin (and not any of the British Trafalgar pieces either). The Bartholdi coin (Statue of Liberty, Belfort Lion) I have, and also the almost identical British and French "Entente Cordiale" coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 84371, member: 39"]Guess you mean the exhibition "Le nu et la médaille": [url]http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/actualite/Expointro.htm[/url] Apart from the introductory text, you can understand the descriptions even in case you do not speak French. And of course they let you order the exhibits - what a great "exhibition". :rolleyes: Well, like many other mints the Monnaie de Paris sells all kinds of products these days. And it does issue too many coins in my opinion. Even worse, you have to pay far more than face for each piece. But I did and will buy a few that I find nice. For example, I also have the Napoleon/Code Civil coin, but I am not really into coins with battle themes, so I did not get the Austerlitz coin (and not any of the British Trafalgar pieces either). The Bartholdi coin (Statue of Liberty, Belfort Lion) I have, and also the almost identical British and French "Entente Cordiale" coins. Christian[/QUOTE]
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