I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

French gold Franc coins picked up over the last several weeks. I'm finding them a bit tough to get decent photos. Here we have 1858 5 Francs, 1912 10 Francs and 1860 20 Francs.








And together to show the size differences. They also get thicker as they get larger.



Extra points for appreciating the movie quote thread title!


Rob

 

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1. Mel Brook "History of the World, (part 1)"?
2. Yeah, gold is tough. They are so shiny light bounces off really bad. I posted pretty bad photos of my latest gold pickup. To reduce the glare I reduces overhead lighting and lit from the sides.

 

Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

 

Wow => those are simply amazing coins (bravo) ...

 

No direct (over the coin) lighting and don't use flash! Offset lighting just to illuminate the coin then adjust the view with your PC photo program (editing) to make it look like it does in hand viewing

 

Nice acquisitions you got there! As for the topic title, well, you know why British or Americans do not have an outrageous accent when they speak other languages? Because they speak, well, English. Anyway, I really like that 10 francs coin from 1912.

Christian

 

I also have the 1912 in 20 Francs, too.

Rob

 

Let's not lose our heads about these!


France Gold Louis d'Or 1786 - Louis XVI
(Actually a double Louis d'Or)

Obverse: LUD XVI D.G. FR ET NAV REX
Reverse: CHRS REGN VINC IMPER 1786
Gold, 0.451oz, 15.24gm, 0.9167 fine, 28mm

 

I see you Gold XVI and raise you a Copper XIV



Rob

 

i came for the monty phython...i stayed fro the coins. nice one T!

 

Ummm, dude ... I already posted that Monty-Circus-link (a classic)

... got anything else?

 

ummm, how 'bout this?

 

i couldn't get it to play stevex, said it was blocked in my country.

 

that's too bad => welease Wadwick!!