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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 810922, member: 6229"]<font face="Arial">The Seed Sower on Some of France's Euro Coins photos courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery:</font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>2008 5 Euro:</u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u> </u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u></u></b><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc7/69-5e08a&desc=France%20new%205%20Euro%20(2008)%20The%20Seed%20Sower&src=William%20Pujol&query=France%20euro" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc7/69-5e08a&desc=France%20new%205%20Euro%20(2008)%20The%20Seed%20Sower&src=William%20Pujol&query=France%20euro" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc7/69-5e08a&desc=France new 5 Euro (2008) The Seed Sower&src=William Pujol&query=France euro</a></font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>2009 10 Euro:</u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u> </u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u></u></b><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc7/69-10e09a&desc=France%20new%2010%20Euro%20(2009)%20The%20Seed%20Sower&src=Ole%20Sjoelund&query=France%20euro" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc7/69-10e09a&desc=France%20new%2010%20Euro%20(2009)%20The%20Seed%20Sower&src=Ole%20Sjoelund&query=France%20euro" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc7/69-10e09a&desc=France new 10 Euro (2009) The Seed Sower&src=Ole Sjoelund&query=France euro</a></font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>2009 15 Euro:</u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u> </u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u></u></b><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc7/69-15e09a&desc=France%20new%2015%20Euro%20(2009)%20The%20Seed%20Sower&src=William%20Pujol&query=France%20euro" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc7/69-15e09a&desc=France%20new%2015%20Euro%20(2009)%20The%20Seed%20Sower&src=William%20Pujol&query=France%20euro" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc7/69-15e09a&desc=France new 15 Euro (2009) The Seed Sower&src=William Pujol&query=France euro</a></font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>2009 25 Euro:</u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u></u></b><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc7/69-25e09a&desc=France%20new%2025%20Euro%20(2009)%20The%20Seed%20Sower&src=William%20Pujol&query=France%20euro" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc7/69-25e09a&desc=France%20new%2025%20Euro%20(2009)%20The%20Seed%20Sower&src=William%20Pujol&query=France%20euro" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc7/69-25e09a&desc=France new 25 Euro (2009) The Seed Sower&src=William Pujol&query=France euro</a></font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial">These Euro coins feature an allegorical figure, <b><i>The Seed Sower</i></b>, casting seed to the good (fertile) earth while being immersed in the blessed glory radiating from a rising sun. Know why I bring these Euros to your attention? Because <b><i>The Seed Sower</i></b> is not a new coin design. In fact <b><i>The Seed Sower</i></b> was pretty much a standard on French coins of the past. <b><i>The Seed Sower</i></b> on French coins can trace its ancestry lineage all the way back to the <font face="Arial">parable of Jesus according to all of the King James New Testament Gospels (Mark 4:1-20, Matthew 13:1-23 and Luke 8:1-15 as well as in the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas). In the parable, a sower dropped seed on the path, on rocky ground, and among thorns, and the seed was lost; but when seed fell on good earth, it grew, yielding thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">The Biblical passage states, "</font><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #ff0000">Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundred. And he said unto them, He that has ears to hear, let him hear</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #ff0000">.</span></font><font face="Times New Roman">"</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font><font face="Arial"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"></font>I'm not going to bore you with myriads of photos, but do have a few you can peruse courtesy of worldcoins.com:</font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>1965-'97 1/2 Franc (32 Years):</u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u> </u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u></u></b><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img7/69-931&desc=France%20km931.1%201/2%20Franc%20(1965-1997)&query=France%20km%20931.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img7/69-931&desc=France%20km931.1%201/2%20Franc%20(1965-1997)&query=France%20km%20931.1" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img7/69-931&desc=France km931.1 1/2 Franc (1965-1997)&query=France km 931.1</a></font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>1960 - 2001 Franc (41 Years):</u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u> </u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u></u></b><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img7/69-925&desc=France%20km925.1%201%20Franc%20(1960%2B)&query=France%20km%20925.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img7/69-925&desc=France%20km925.1%201%20Franc%20(1960%2B)&query=France%20km%20925.1" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img7/69-925&desc=France km925.1 1 Franc (1960+)&query=France km 925.1</a></font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>1979 - '98: 2 Francs (19 Years):</u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u> </u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u></u></b><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img7/69-942&desc=France%20km942.1%202%20Francs%20(1979-1998)&query=France%20km%20942.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img7/69-942&desc=France%20km942.1%202%20Francs%20(1979-1998)&query=France%20km%20942.1" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img7/69-942&desc=France km942.1 2 Francs (1979-1998)&query=France km 942.1</a></font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>1960 - '69 5 Francs (9 Years):</u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u> </u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u></u></b><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img7/69-926&desc=France%20km926%205%20Francs%20(1960-1969)&query=France%20km%20926" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img7/69-926&desc=France%20km926%205%20Francs%20(1960-1969)&query=France%20km%20926" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img7/69-926&desc=France km926 5 Francs (1960-1969)&query=France km 926</a></font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial">Did you enjoy this post?</font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial">Clinker</font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u> </u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u><br /></u></b> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 810922, member: 6229"][FONT=Arial]The Seed Sower on Some of France's Euro Coins photos courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery: [B][U]2008 5 Euro: [/U][/B][U][/U][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc7/69-5e08a&desc=France%20new%205%20Euro%20(2008)%20The%20Seed%20Sower&src=William%20Pujol&query=France%20euro[/URL] [B][U]2009 10 Euro: [/U][/B][U][/U][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc7/69-10e09a&desc=France%20new%2010%20Euro%20(2009)%20The%20Seed%20Sower&src=Ole%20Sjoelund&query=France%20euro[/URL] [B][U]2009 15 Euro: [/U][/B][U][/U][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc7/69-15e09a&desc=France%20new%2015%20Euro%20(2009)%20The%20Seed%20Sower&src=William%20Pujol&query=France%20euro[/URL] [B][U]2009 25 Euro: [/U][/B][U][/U][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc7/69-25e09a&desc=France%20new%2025%20Euro%20(2009)%20The%20Seed%20Sower&src=William%20Pujol&query=France%20euro[/URL] These Euro coins feature an allegorical figure, [B][I]The Seed Sower[/I][/B][I][/I], casting seed to the good (fertile) earth while being immersed in the blessed glory radiating from a rising sun. Know why I bring these Euros to your attention? Because [B][I]The Seed Sower[/I][/B][I][/I] is not a new coin design. In fact [B][I]The Seed Sower[/I][/B][I][/I] was pretty much a standard on French coins of the past. [B][I]The Seed Sower[/I][/B][I][/I] on French coins can trace its ancestry lineage all the way back to the [FONT=Arial]parable of Jesus according to all of the King James New Testament Gospels (Mark 4:1-20, Matthew 13:1-23 and Luke 8:1-15 as well as in the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas). In the parable, a sower dropped seed on the path, on rocky ground, and among thorns, and the seed was lost; but when seed fell on good earth, it grew, yielding thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold. The Biblical passage states, "[/FONT][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#ff0000]Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundred. And he said unto them, He that has ears to hear, let him hear[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#ff0000].[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]" [/FONT][FONT=Arial] [/FONT]I'm not going to bore you with myriads of photos, but do have a few you can peruse courtesy of worldcoins.com: [B][U]1965-'97 1/2 Franc (32 Years): [/U][/B][U][/U][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img7/69-931&desc=France%20km931.1%201/2%20Franc%20(1965-1997)&query=France%20km%20931.1[/URL] [B][U]1960 - 2001 Franc (41 Years): [/U][/B][U][/U][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img7/69-925&desc=France%20km925.1%201%20Franc%20(1960%2B)&query=France%20km%20925.1[/URL] [B][U]1979 - '98: 2 Francs (19 Years): [/U][/B][U][/U][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img7/69-942&desc=France%20km942.1%202%20Francs%20(1979-1998)&query=France%20km%20942.1[/URL] [B][U]1960 - '69 5 Francs (9 Years): [/U][/B][U][/U][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img7/69-926&desc=France%20km926%205%20Francs%20(1960-1969)&query=France%20km%20926[/URL] Did you enjoy this post? Clinker [B][U] [/U][/B][U][/U] [/FONT][/QUOTE]
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