Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/France, 2 decimes essai (pattern) coin (1799)

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Reason
High quality, high EV (presented as a set).
Original
A three-coin set illustrating part of the development and design process in coin production. Two one-sided essai pattern trial strikes (obverse and reverse respectively) and the final two-sided pattern. This particular design was engraved by Pierre-Joseph Lorthior, for a 2 decime coin that was never adopted. Historical EV for the French franc and the stages in preparing a coin.
Articles in which these images appear
French franc, Essai (coin)
FP category for this image
European currency
Creator
Pierre-Joseph Lorthior, at the Paris Mint, Republic of France
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.


Promoted File:France 1799 2 Decimes (pattern, obverse).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:06, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:France 1799 2 Decimes (pattern, reverse).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:06, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:France 1799 2 Decimes (pattern).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:06, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]