Casually browsing and i came across this. A right stunner, i love the tone. The way the legends stand out in contrast. And it's so crisp.
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I've never met one of these before. I presume being a Gros that it's about the size of a groat?
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There is a whole load of nice stuff out there....(once the UK Hammered blinkers have been removed).
Cracking coin.
Cracking coin.
I do collect French coins Peter, so i dunno about being UK blinkered 
QUOTE(Ętheling @ Feb 15 2006, 05:26 PM)
Casually browsing and i came across this. A right stunner, i love the tone. The way the legends stand out in contrast. And it's so crisp.
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I've never met one of these before. I presume being a Gros that it's about the size of a groat?
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I've never met one of these before. I presume being a Gros that it's about the size of a groat?
[right][snapback]158615[/snapback][/right]
It's 27mm give or take a hairs breadth.
ian
That's a gorgeous coin! 
It seemed like a lot of the English hammered were once nice coins until they were cleaned and retoned.
What wrong with cleaned? I really don't have a problem with cleaned hammered coins. I buy cleaned ancients over uncleaned ones too.
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