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<p>[QUOTE="Cucumbor, post: 3265162, member: 4298"]You're right Dave, I should have been more specific : all the coins bearing the DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE edge are originals, not all of the others are restrikes, but all the restrikes have the LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>And you're right again, the copper content of the restrikes is slightly higher, hence the more reddish appearence. Also, they don't show circulation wear as they were massively hoarded (and you couldn't pay with gold by the time they were minted), thus most of them are about UNC or UNC</p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cucumbor, post: 3265162, member: 4298"]You're right Dave, I should have been more specific : all the coins bearing the DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE edge are originals, not all of the others are restrikes, but all the restrikes have the LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE edge. And you're right again, the copper content of the restrikes is slightly higher, hence the more reddish appearence. Also, they don't show circulation wear as they were massively hoarded (and you couldn't pay with gold by the time they were minted), thus most of them are about UNC or UNC Q[/QUOTE]
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