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10 Centimes 1907 Dupuis

laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
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The 10 centimes piece shown here is a beauty and one of the reasons I think it could give the British Penny a run for the money. A comment was made the other day that the highly stylized helms that adorn Marianne on medals are not seen on coins. Well, here is one such-

not sure I would have seen this on american E-bay. I'd like to bid but they'll want cash-I don't see paypal. Sigh...
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato

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  • DarkhorseDarkhorse Posts: 1,377
    I think tha coin has been cleaned
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    I agree with DH. The coin appears worn, and unnaturally colored. But it's a beautiful design. Much more beautiful than British coins, in fact.image

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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    I think tha Darkhorse an tha Jester are right.

    Nice, unmonkeyed specimens of these 10c. should be easy to find in the US for a decent price. In fact, someone must have fell into a mini-hoard of mint state pieces in the last 2 years because PCGS slabbed several that were 66RD and up.....anyway, my advice is to keep looking. image
  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    This is a classic case of never sit in front of your computer without your spectacles. My 2 year old grandson evidently took offense at the glasses which I keep with my computer as he had rendered it into some rather basic components by the time I returned home the other evening.

    Being too lazy to go upstairs for another pair I searched for this coin and glanced at it fuzzily and quickly once I found it. When I logged on again (with glasses) I was horrified at what I posted. I actually have a nice UNC specimen that shows some red and is well struck.

    At least I won't bid without glassesimage
    One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
    is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
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