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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jackeen, post: 2290717, member: 5683&quot;]French 20Fr coins with early 20th Century dates are almost certainly restrikes issued after 1960.</p><p>France, like many other countries, began issuing restrikes of their past bullion coins, beginning in the 1950&#039;s. They did this partly to help American investors skirt the ban on owning post-1933 gold coins, partly to combat rampant counterfeiting of these coins, especially in the Middle East, and partly because of the profit to be made by taking bullion on hand and striking something that could be sold for a little over its intrinsic value.</p><p>Regardless, they are real Paris mint issues. They&#039;re well made, they&#039;re very reliable in terms of weight and fineness, and many collectors find them quite lovely and desirable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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