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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1395020, member: 31533&quot;]This is a really cool coin. I won this in one of the contests here on CT --- It is KM# 749.4 --- an 1840D (minted in Lyon) 5 Franc coin, .90 silver, and it only has a mintage of about 70,000 which is the lowest of the mintages for the 1832-1840 for the 5 francs. The first four years these were minted, the mint (Lyon) turned out between 1 and 3 million a year. Then the last five years, it was lower, with only two years, the 1837D and the 1840D being less than 100,000. </p><p><br /></p><p>I like this so much I might do a collection of the 9 years these were produced. These were minted in the first half of the July Monarchy, when the last actual King of France ruled - Louis Phillipe I. I don&#039;t know much about French history, but as with many coins you get, it can spark an interest, so I will be reading up on it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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