Gold coins of the Latin Monetary Union
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By treaty dated 23 December 1865 France, Belgium, Italy, and Switzerland formed the Latin Monetary Union. They agreed to a combined gold and silver standard with a gold-to-silver ratio of 15.5 to 1 as established in the French Franc. One LMU Franc represented 4.5 grams of fine silver or 0.290322 gram of fine gold. Following the International Monetary Conference of 1867, the original four nations were joined by Greece, Spain and Romania. Other states later adopted the system without formally joining the treaty.
Pics of all coins in higher resolution (Obverse and Reverse).
https://files.fm/u/yfznzc37
What a beautiful collection! It is interesting to note that among the founders, France quit minting its gold coin in 1870 while Switzerland minted till 1949.
They only stopped this design in 1870 after that the "Standing Genius writing the Constitution" was on the Obverse.
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Man that gold is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!