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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2054344, member: 39&quot;]One one hand the later pieces were issued by the Banque de France and are &quot;OK&quot; in terms of authenticity, metal content, etc.&nbsp; Then again, yes, there is that certain &quot;haut goût&quot; date wise ...&nbsp; 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&#039;t authorized), but I <i>think</i> the gold content is the same. Personally I would stay away from issues dated after 1914 though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Side note: The design was also used on a WW1 propaganda poster, <a href="http://www.sacra-moneta.com/or/La-piece-de-20-francs-Coq-sur-la-celebre-affiche-d-Abel-Faivre.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sacra-moneta.com/or/La-piece-de-20-francs-Coq-sur-la-celebre-affiche-d-Abel-Faivre.html" rel="nofollow">see here</a>. Nicely done. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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