France: 1 Franc 1898-1920 Sower / Discussion

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French Sower & US Liberty

lutecium94 30 Apr 2012 22:19

Hi, I'm new there. I collect modern French coins, in Francs & Euros. I like the content of that page, especially the comparison between the French Sower and the American walking Liberty, I think there have been sometimes influences between French & American types, due to historical and political reasons : allegories of liberty, democracy, republic, etc. Your page concerns the first Sower (1898-1920), but there have been many others since, up to I would say the sixth one (2008-2010). It would be interesting to have a page on that subject, the evolution of this type through the years.

Re: French Sower & US Liberty

Ken Kash 01 May 2012 00:34

Thanks for the feedback lutecium94 and welcome to the site!

19th & early 20th century French sculptures have long influenced coin design and were inspirational to so many artist of that time.

The page is actually dedicated to a specific type of coin and not so much the Sower design. I agree the design has been used on different denominations & compositions over the years and it would be interesting to see how the design has evolved to accommodate new composition (like nickel) and modern high speed coin presses with lower reliefs. Unfortunately my coin write-ups are limited to what coins I actually have and can take photos of (I make it a point not to pirate pics).

Currently I am working on coins of Mexico but have made a note revisit this topic as you have piqued by interest :) The cool thing about this site is it is very open and by being a member you have access to change any page or even create pages. It really is for collectors to create as much info to share with other collectors.

Hope you enjoy the site & thanks again for the idea,

Ken

lutecium94 (guest) 01 May 2012 08:13

Hi Ken,
I would be glad to contribute to your site by creating new pages about French type sets, if it is easy to do and does not take too much time ;-))

French coins

Ken Kash 01 May 2012 10:02

The help would be greatly appreciated! There are few sites dedicated to French coinage. As far as creating pages, if you can type then your in, I can help with special edits and formatting. There is a box at the bottom of the left menu (Add a New Page) just type in the name of page then click the new page button and give a test run to see how hard or easy it is. Remember you have to be logged in to do this.

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