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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2130133, member: 71234&quot;]\Common enough coins but loaded with historical associations. The first reflects the economic chaos following the first World War. France did not suffer as much as Germany but for a country supposedly on the winning side, the population, resources and terrain were pretty beaten up after 4 years of trench warfare.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second is a horrible looking coin and nicely reflects the situation in Holland under Nazi occupation. A dark, gloomy coin, an ugly design and unattractive material.</p><p><br /></p><p>Older coins tend to have a story attached, modern ones just make money for their minters and traders and parasites like grading companies.&nbsp; For the price of having one modern coin graded you could have a mason jar full of coins with enough history and geography to last a lifetime, or more reasonably, a year or two.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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