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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 2474384, member: 71234"]THe coins rims are clearly offset from one another to give the illusion of a pile of coins. Probably intended as a desk ornament where the illusion of a pile of coins would make sense. Certainly it is a bit battered but the initial construction is what I meant </p><p><br /></p><p>It could have been made much later than the coins circulated. They'd still be readily available in the early 20th C in France.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 2474384, member: 71234"]THe coins rims are clearly offset from one another to give the illusion of a pile of coins. Probably intended as a desk ornament where the illusion of a pile of coins would make sense. Certainly it is a bit battered but the initial construction is what I meant It could have been made much later than the coins circulated. They'd still be readily available in the early 20th C in France.[/QUOTE]
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