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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MasterSamurai, post: 2947292, member: 88232&quot;]First off, I love French coins with rooster designs! Gorgeous!</p><p><br /></p><p>One way to distinguish AU and UNC coins is to tilt the coin in front of a light and see if there is still the &quot;Cartwheel&quot; effect, an indication of whether a coin has its mint luster or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you can get a full cartwheel around the coin, then all of the mint luster on the coin remains, and then we can move into MS (Mint State) territory. I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see what some of the more qualified members on this forum think.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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