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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 436144, member: 39&quot;]What you read was wrong. France is part of the euro area, and the euro circulation coins do not contain any silver, gold, platinum, etc. And of course there are no plans to use such metals for circulation pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Guess that what may have confused some people outside the euro area is the fact that the French Mint has, for the first time in years, issued collector coins at face value this year, and will continue to do that in 2009 and 2010. Other member states have been doing that for a long time. But those collector coins do not actually circulate. They are legal tender in the issuing member state only, thus regional money. Even in the issuing countries you will have an extremely hard time &quot;finding&quot; them in circulation ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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