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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 3036762, member: 89314&quot;]other French one</p><p><br /></p><p>France/Canada</p><p>Sizain (or Douzain ? ) 1658</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a mysterious coin with a weight of 1.59 g (versus the standard weight of a sizain of 0.925 g )which was probably struck in France for export to Quebec and their territories in North America. There was a severe shortage of coin in the colony and as a result French coins traded at a higher value than back in France.&nbsp; In Quebec it would have been valued as a douzain</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]757460[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]757463[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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