Any collectors out there of French Colonial Tunisia?

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I started out with just the silver 2 francs, as part of Latin Monetary Union 2 Franc size collection. Once into it, as collectors well know, what sometimes happens....it just goes from there. I like the simple designs, and the designs used in the Art Deco period.

bidask

@10grams said:
I started out with just the silver 2 francs, as part of Latin Monetary Union 2 Franc size collection. Once into it, as collectors well know, what sometimes happens....it just goes from there. I like the simple designs, and the designs used in the Art Deco period.

can you post some coins you own ?

SYRACUSIAN

10grams? Was that (and still is) your eBay handle? I remember a 10grams seller who had sold two Greek 2 drachmai, a 1873-A MS63 and a 1911 MS62, both bought by the same buyer, not me, some..... 14 years ago or nearby. Collecting Latin Union 2 francs, lire, drachmai, etc hence the username right ? You’re still back at that theme?

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Yes, I'm still around, wishing I had not sold the 1873 2 Drachmai ! I am still collecting that theme.

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bidask : I will try to post some examples

SYRACUSIAN

Yeah, I even remember it’s price. It was a wise decision to sell that 1911 though, which is now worth a third or less of what you sold it back then. Small world hein?

Sorry that I cannot help you with Tunisians of that period, although I liked and bought the older (Ottoman) 1/4 to 4 kharoub (copper) specimens from the Heaton mint collection, 10-12 years ago. I could never ever locate the 8 kharoub though, but I’ve long stopped losing any sleep over ANY coin.

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The 2 drachmai from Crete is a beauty considering its immense rarity (62 or 62+ the best to date, worth around $25-$30K in this lofty grade). As for the Belgian specimen..... chapeau mon ami!

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Thanks.

My Crete 2 Dr is NGC AU 55 and handsomely toned.

bidask

PBRat

jfoot13

my lone piece

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Very nice coin.

jfoot13

thank you