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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 22299, member: 283&quot;]It&#039;s the portraiture that does it for me too.&nbsp; As far as collecting by `type&#039; goes, i&#039;ve been keen to get a coin with the portrait of every french king (or ruler as far as the provincial coinage is concerned).</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously not every french king had portrait coinage, so that `goal&#039; is only do-able to a certain extent. Even then it is still a real challenge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a couple or three of examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>The first is a portrait teston of Francis I </p><p>The second is of Antoine of Lorraine. It is really dark toned and doesn&#039;t scan too well. Both he and Francis have notable proboscii <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The third is Louis XIII, this time a half franc from Toulouse mint. The date is off flan but circa 1627. It is difficult to find silver coinage of Louis XIII with a portrait. That one isn&#039;t too bad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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