DOH! not close to me in age, but I love seeing my name on a coin I bought three versions of Franks god bless the belgians.. (I think that's the country)
Yep - Belgium coin with Dutch legends. It would be Franc if the coin had French legends.
I still remember when someone years ago posted in the eBay coin chat room about a stupid eBay seller who couldn't spell Franc correctly. Most of the regular posters there agreed and echoed his comments until one of the regulars (a long-time dealer) pointed out that while it might be fun bashing eBay sellers in this case the seller had spelled it correctly since the coin was Belgium.
Edited to add: The coin has edge lettering which is added post striking much like the Presidental Dollars. The lettering can appear both "Upside down" and "Rightside up", referred to as Pos A and Pos B and are collected as such. PCGS catagorizes the edge lettering on the Presidental Dollars using the same convention as these coins.
I only have the French legend version of this coin - in both Pos A and Pos B edge lettering.
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<< <i>Yep - Belgium coin with Dutch legends. It would be Franc if the coin had French legends.
I still remember when someone years ago posted in the eBay coin chat room about a stupid eBay seller who couldn't spell Franc correctly. Most of the regular posters there agreed and echoed his comments until one of the regulars (a long-time dealer) pointed out that while it might be fun bashing eBay sellers in this case the seller had spelled it correctly since the coin was Belgium.
Edited to add: The coin has edge lettering which is added post striking much like the Presidental Dollars. The lettering can appear both "Upside down" and "Rightside up", referred to as Pos A and Pos B and are collected as such. PCGS catagorizes the edge lettering on the Presidental Dollars using the same convention as these coins.
I only have the French legend version of this coin - in both Pos A and Pos B edge lettering. >>
cool ! yep, my coin has letter with oriented to the 'face' of the coin.... IE the top of the letters is closest to the 'face. is that Pos A ?
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I bought three versions of Franks
I still remember when someone years ago posted in the eBay coin chat room about a stupid eBay seller who couldn't spell Franc correctly. Most of the regular posters there agreed and echoed his comments until one of the regulars (a long-time dealer) pointed out that while it might be fun bashing eBay sellers in this case the seller had spelled it correctly since the coin was Belgium.
Edited to add: The coin has edge lettering which is added post striking much like the Presidental Dollars. The lettering can appear both "Upside down" and "Rightside up", referred to as Pos A and Pos B and are collected as such. PCGS catagorizes the edge lettering on the Presidental Dollars using the same convention as these coins.
I only have the French legend version of this coin - in both Pos A and Pos B edge lettering.
Collecting:
Conder tokens
19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
<< <i>Yep - Belgium coin with Dutch legends. It would be Franc if the coin had French legends.
I still remember when someone years ago posted in the eBay coin chat room about a stupid eBay seller who couldn't spell Franc correctly. Most of the regular posters there agreed and echoed his comments until one of the regulars (a long-time dealer) pointed out that while it might be fun bashing eBay sellers in this case the seller had spelled it correctly since the coin was Belgium.
Edited to add: The coin has edge lettering which is added post striking much like the Presidental Dollars. The lettering can appear both "Upside down" and "Rightside up", referred to as Pos A and Pos B and are collected as such. PCGS catagorizes the edge lettering on the Presidental Dollars using the same convention as these coins.
I only have the French legend version of this coin - in both Pos A and Pos B edge lettering. >>
cool ! yep, my coin has letter with oriented to the 'face' of the coin.... IE the top of the letters is closest to the 'face. is that Pos A ?
It always has struck me as being counter-intuitive.
Collecting:
Conder tokens
19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm