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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 864937, member: 39&quot;]Hmm, the Semeuse (Sower) is about 20 years older though. The <a href="http://www.numishop.eu/fiche-fmd_174627-mo_mod-1-TROISIEME_REPUBLIQUE_1_franc_Semeuse_1898.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numishop.eu/fiche-fmd_174627-mo_mod-1-TROISIEME_REPUBLIQUE_1_franc_Semeuse_1898.html" rel="nofollow">first 1 franc coin</a> with that design was issued in 1898 (50 centimes: 1897).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is <a href="http://timbreposte.free.fr/mag-timbre/la-semeuse/la-semeuse.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://timbreposte.free.fr/mag-timbre/la-semeuse/la-semeuse.html" rel="nofollow">some background info</a> about the design, about the model (Charlotte Ragot) and an even earlier medal featuring that Sower. Even today that design can be found (more abstract though) on French circulation coins and (in that old style) on several collector coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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