It means "Belle Epruve," meaning "Proof" in French.
Perhaps there are two year entries, one with circulated and one with Proof. Double check, Matt.
There are two year entires, the other one has the French comment "en set seulement" beside it. which I think means "in sets only" ??? I regret that my French is rustier than a 1940 pfennig!
Citeer: SmartOneKgHa, well I think that's hillarious, Matt!
My Spanish is even rustier than a Japanese 1944 1 Sen. Doesn't sound as great as yours.
You'll have to uplaod a picture, Matt, and I'll see from there.
Here is the coin in question. I really do not think this was minted as a proof, unless it received very heavy wear in the interim years. It may have just been released as part of an UNC set, and then released into the wild, but again I find that less plausible than its just an ordinary circulation release which the catalogues have managed to overlook.
I am probably too late, as I see it is going to be amended, but I have one as well, just to confirm. Excuse the night-time picture just taken. I noticed that on the exchange page I have it in the BE section, as until the other day I too did not know what it meant. Luckily nobody asked for it in an exchange, as they would have been disappointed, as mine too is well used. I will amend my exchange when the new line for 1998 is added. Thanks
I got the comment removed from the French Numista. I noticed there is a substantial number of people owning the coin compared to other years that are in sets only.
The French Numista really needs to step up their game. After being an administrator for a little less than a year, the English Numista is much much cleaner than the messy and disoriented French Numista.
Kenny
- Verifying your Asian and British-territorial coins everyday with the best quality photos and the best information.
Citeer: SmartOneKgThe French Numista really needs to step up their game. After being an administrator for a little less than a year, the English Numista is much much cleaner than the messy and disoriented French Numista.
Let's not be too hard on Xavier. Numista is a very usefull and impressive web site, and we don't pay to make use of it. I know from running a large databased web site myself how soul destroying it is when people "only notice" the odd error and mistake, amongst the thousands of entries.
Users of the service can help by politely pointing out issues, but need to remember also that site administrators only have one pair of hands, may not be fully employed with the maintenance of the site, and there are a limited number of hours in a day, and amendments do need to be checked - there are a lot of mischief makers out there who delight in spreading disinformation (think Wikipedia).
It's not Xavier's job to verify all the pages. He's like our boss. He checks on how and what we do, he makes sure none of us is doing anything inappropriate, and he regulates and improves things. He has no idea usually what goes on in the coin sheets.
So Matt, luckily I'm an administrator, I've got two hands, and I try to make as much time as I can. It's the French administrators though. I don't really see them do anything, really. Xavier is not an administrator, in this sense.
Oh and uhh hey guys, I'd like to take back my last comment about the French Numista. They do a great job and they do their part. I give them a bow and a high five.
Kenny
- Verifying your Asian and British-territorial coins everyday with the best quality photos and the best information.
