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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 1585881, member: 42034&quot;]<b>nice Union et Force 5 francs</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=CONFIG]220074[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=CONFIG]220075[/ATTACH]</p><p>The Union et Force 5 francs is one of the most historical &amp; sought after (in high grade or rare variety) French coins.&nbsp; Your specimen is &quot;AN 10&quot; or September 1801 - 1802.&nbsp; The new French Revolutionary Gov&#039;t abolished the old calendar system and came up with a new calendar which is why you don&#039;t see a regular Christian date.&nbsp; Evenetually people didn&#039;t like this and it was abolished by Napoleon in 1806, going back to the old dating system.&nbsp; Your coin was struck by something called The French Directory.&nbsp; The mint mark is not readable in your photo, it&#039;s on the reverse at 6:00. </p><p><br /></p><p>I tried to acquire one of these for several years, bidding up to $3,000 or maybe $3,500 (I forget now) for them at Heritage Auctions but never was sucessful in getting one.&nbsp; You can see some of my other French Revolutionary coinage here:</p><p><a href="http://www.coinsandhistory.com/countries/French_coins2.html#1793" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinsandhistory.com/countries/French_coins2.html#1793" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinsandhistory.com/countries/French_coins2.html#1793</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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