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1905 French Coin?

A friend asked me how much this coin is worth:

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He indicated the scratches were on the slab and not the coin.

Would it grade? Approximate value?

Thanks!

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  • PokermandudePokermandude Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭
    Looks EF-AU to me. I also see evidence of cleaning/hairlines, the lighter, mostly vertical lines on both sides of the coin.

    Unless it's a key date (I don't have my book handy), I'd say it's worth melt, wouldn't be worth grading, even if they overlook the light hairlines.
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  • cameron12xcameron12x Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for your feedback... much appreciated.

    What is the melt value for this denomination? How much gold are we talking about?
  • PokermandudePokermandude Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭
    This site has a lot of info on the specifications of world gold coins: taxfreegold

    Looks like 0.0933oz agw. Mintage for this date is a little over 1 million.
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