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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 667979, member: 39"]Interesting post and links, thank you! I don't collect zodiac sign coins but happen to have one from the French "La Fontaine" series. One is enough for me though. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>What the French mint did (and still does, with one issue per year) is a combination of Jean de La Fontaine's fables (always the same reverse) and Chinese zodiac animals. Here are the pieces that have been issued so far:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://boutique.monnaiedeparis.fr/intershoproot/eCS/Store/imgprod/produit/recto/10041238540000.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://boutique.monnaiedeparis.fr/intershoproot/eCS/Store/imgprod/produit/verso/10041243790000.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Above: Year of the Dog 2006 / Year of the Pig 2007</p><p>(sorry, the actual size of the pieces is the same ...)</p><p>Below: Year of The Rat 2008 / Year of the Ox 2009</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://boutique.monnaiedeparis.fr/intershoproot/eCS/Store/imgprod/produit/recto/10041250140000.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://boutique.monnaiedeparis.fr/intershoproot/eCS/Store/imgprod/produit/recto/10041251260000.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The other side is the same for all issues, except that the nominal value was a quarter euro first and is now 5 euro. But then those silver pieces cost more than face anyway ...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://boutique.monnaiedeparis.fr/intershoproot/eCS/Store/imgprod/produit/verso/10041251260000.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 667979, member: 39"]Interesting post and links, thank you! I don't collect zodiac sign coins but happen to have one from the French "La Fontaine" series. One is enough for me though. ;) What the French mint did (and still does, with one issue per year) is a combination of Jean de La Fontaine's fables (always the same reverse) and Chinese zodiac animals. Here are the pieces that have been issued so far: [img]http://boutique.monnaiedeparis.fr/intershoproot/eCS/Store/imgprod/produit/recto/10041238540000.jpg[/img] [img]http://boutique.monnaiedeparis.fr/intershoproot/eCS/Store/imgprod/produit/verso/10041243790000.jpg[/img] Above: Year of the Dog 2006 / Year of the Pig 2007 (sorry, the actual size of the pieces is the same ...) Below: Year of The Rat 2008 / Year of the Ox 2009 [img]http://boutique.monnaiedeparis.fr/intershoproot/eCS/Store/imgprod/produit/recto/10041250140000.jpg[/img] [img]http://boutique.monnaiedeparis.fr/intershoproot/eCS/Store/imgprod/produit/recto/10041251260000.jpg[/img] The other side is the same for all issues, except that the nominal value was a quarter euro first and is now 5 euro. But then those silver pieces cost more than face anyway ... [img]http://boutique.monnaiedeparis.fr/intershoproot/eCS/Store/imgprod/produit/verso/10041251260000.jpg[/img] Christian[/QUOTE]
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