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JV coin?

From: Garmt de Vries <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 12:27:58 +0100 (CET)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Dear friends,

On a Dutch auction website, a coin was offered, showing a portrait of JV
and an illustration of (probably) the Great Eastern. The seller sent me
the two images I attached to this mail, they're photos made with a
cellphone.

The seller claims that the coins was issued in the Netherlands. Its weight
is 25 g, its diameter 40 mm. It's made of gilded copper/nickel.

A few points bother me. On both sides of the coin, one can see a French
text ("1867. Voyage en Amerique sur le Great Eastern" and "... monde de
demain"). This would be odd for a Dutch coin. I asked the seller when the
coin was issued, but he could only tell me that he had bought it "around
1990". Yet in his description he says that there is a certificate with
this object.

I have the feeling that it may in fact be a French or Canadian coin, not
Dutch.

If any of you recognizes this coin, I would be happy to get some more
information on it.

Cheers,
Garmt.

Received on Fri 04 Feb 2005 - 09:00:27 IST

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