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Nice batch of gold.

 

Lots of my fav. "color" and great condition too.....

 

My only (ancient) foreign gold:

Anastasius I, Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire - (modern day Greece, Turkey, Levant, and Egypt)
AV Tremissis
Obv: DN ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right
Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory standing with head left, holding wreath and cross on globe
Mint: Constantinople, Mintmark: CONOB (in exergue)
Ref: SB 8
Size: Width: 16 mm, Weight: 1.5 grams

 

Beauty gold coins @bkozak33

Here's one of my favourites

 

Another fav

 

@bkozak33 is the sovereign Sydney? Nice coin.

One more

 

here goes...

 

Top pop rooster


A nice Victoria


Just for fun, a counterfeit 1/2 sovereign

 

Amazing batch of gold in here!

To my (neophyte) understanding, the French 20F gold roosters dated 1907 to 1914 were restruck up until the 1960's. Is there a way to tell the new from the originals? Or does one need to stick with dates from 1899-1907 if one wants to be sure to get the original coin?

Thanks

 

Don't think there is any difference. Of course, if you don't want any of the "Pinay strikes", you will end up with pieces that say "Dieu protège la France" on the edge. The second type strikes (1907-1914, struck until about 1960) reflect the separation of church and state, and say "Liberté Egalité Fraternité" ...

Christian

 

Thank you Christian. I guess I'd want one of the early 1898-1906 strike then. Something about a coin minted in (say) 1960 that says "1910" on it, that doesn't seem quite right.

 

One one hand the later pieces were issued by the Banque de France and are "OK" in terms of authenticity, metal content, etc. Then again, yes, there is that certain "haut goût" date wise ... From what I know about that coin design (which is not much), you may also come across 20F Coq gold pieces dated 1915. In a way those are fake (not gov't authorized), but I think the gold content is the same. Personally I would stay away from issues dated after 1914 though.

Side note: The design was also used on a WW1 propaganda poster, see here. Nicely done.

Christian

 

I believe so

 

You can't intimidate me!...