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Gold French Rooster ... my first Darkside gold.

AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
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I like the design on these. Next, I'll try to find a nice gold "angel" image

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    XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    Cok-a-doodle-doo image
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    WhiteLighninWhiteLighnin Posts: 883
    imageVERY nice Tom!!!!!!!!!!!!!image
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    izzy452izzy452 Posts: 929 ✭
    Cool coin, the rooster was my first French gold coin.



    Walt
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    cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,333 ✭
    Those are great little gold coins. I have one myself.
    Bill

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    DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    Darkside gold is soooo yummy. image

    Quick question on the rooster---what significance does the rooster have in France?
    Becky
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    oldshepoldshep Posts: 3,240 ✭
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    GarneteyeGarneteye Posts: 1,168
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    The glass is half full!
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    MSD61MSD61 Posts: 3,382 ✭
    Lovely Auld oneimage
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    BigAlanBigAlan Posts: 311 ✭
    Quick question on the rooster---what significance does the rooster have in France?


    Gallus is Latin for rooster.
    "It is good for the state that the people do not think."

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    akdrvakdrv Posts: 110
    It's the year of the rooster, isn't it? Everyone should get one. image

    Nice one, AF.

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    GDJMSPGDJMSP Posts: 799 ✭


    << <i>Darkside gold is soooo yummy. image

    Quick question on the rooster---what significance does the rooster have in France? >>



    The rooster has been a symbol in France since the middle ages - it has come to symbolize the country itself, much like the eagle does the US. Originally it stood as a religious symbol of hope & faith. Later it came to be used by royalty, the Valois and Bourbon kings used with their own effigy. And throughout the years it has bene used nearly continuously except for a brief period during the reign of Napoleon when he tried to replace it with the eagle. He was unsuccessful.
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    AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
    I did not know that, GDJMSP. Thanks for ... well, doing what your sigline says image
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    CladiatorCladiator Posts: 17,919 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image
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    sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    That is beautiful. Thanks for sharing the image.
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    syraqsyraq Posts: 633
    I love these roosters too, (not the angels though), but I have trouble distinguishing the restrikes , I hear there are plenty. image
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    agekaageka Posts: 3


    << <i>Quick question on the rooster---what significance does the rooster have in France?


    Gallus is Latin for rooster. >>




    The woman is Marianne with the freedom cap ( cap was given in ancient times to prove a slave free )
    The rooster is the symbol of valor ( like a lion )
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    trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I like the design on these. Next, I'll try to find a nice gold "angel" image >>


    Nice one! I like them big Angels! image
    trozau (troy ounce gold)
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    mrfredmrfred Posts: 718

    I seem to recall an episode of "Law and Order" in which the murder involved the theft of some French Rooster gold coins.

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    PuddlePiratePuddlePirate Posts: 728 ✭
    I bought my first darkside French Gold years ago at bullion prices. They haven't changed in price much but still look as nice as when I first saw them.
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    AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    A very nice Rooster!! IMHO, Jules-Clément Chaplain's is the best rendition of Marianne on a coin. It gained its fame from its use on the prize medal he designed for the Paris Exposition of 1900 (which coincided with the Olympics in Paris that year).

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    AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    And welcome Ageka!! image Ageka is right, Marianne's cap is known as a Phrygian cap.
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    ReadyFireAimReadyFireAim Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Why start a new thread when there is a perfectly good old one?

    I just got my 1st rooster and this thing is beautiful & inexpensive.
    Can't figure out why there isn't more interest.
    Only 16 coins in a set for those that do that sort of thing.

    My question is...
    Do you folks, who attend shows, see a lot of these things raw in nice condition?

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 22,681 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ReadyFireAim I see them from time to time, they are nice looking coins and usually can be had for spot.

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    BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    French 20 Francs Roosters? Very common coins, and not very popular in the USA. Perhaps more popular in Europe. Over 115 million pieces were struck, and all dates from 1907-1914 have been officially restruck. They are good gold, but at only 0.1867 Troy ounce actual gold weight, they are seemingly perceived less favorably than the British Gold Sovereign at 0.2354 Troy ounce actual gold weight. A lot of this old European gold has traded near spot recently and I believe some melted - because it is not much wanted in the older, odd-weight formats. People want even Troy ounce or fractional Troy ounce gold coins, or small gold bars in multiples of grams.

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    ajaanajaan Posts: 17,109 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Some classic posters in the tread. Miss some of those guys.


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    ashelandasheland Posts: 22,681 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The only 20F I’ve ever had. I couldn’t resist this one. And I paid a decent premium for it.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 22,681 ✭✭✭✭✭

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    BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 20, 2018 8:40AM

    I have two or three French gold 20 franc coins of Napoleon Bonaparte. Purchased in the early 1980s. These are always available, but it is more difficult to find a passable piece nowadays - often too much wear for the premium price asked.

    If you are new, don't confuse Nap with his nephew, Nappy 3.

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