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Show NUMISMATISTS LOOK FOR SILVER FRANC PARIS Deo 8 (Correspondence of the Associated Pre ) Collectors of rare coins now scrutinize closely every new "liver franc an,d two-franc pece which passes through tfhe r hands. They are looking for the war co ns struck by the mint at its temporary home at Cartel Earrasm. To the ordinary per son these coins do not appear nnnual, but the expert eye is quick to detect a t ny C engraved under the date 1914 The m nt now has returned to its home on the Quai de Conti m the old Latin quarter or ng ng with it a stock of these co n" its sole output during ts exile n the south For the num 3 mat t they are the only war relics of anv vab e Paper money of small values oO cen time and one frano notes have been s sued n such large quant ties by the pnn ipal c t es of France that they are not and never will b of a ranty that can be appreciated in terms of cash Assignat" or paper money issued by the revolut onary government in 1 93, even now an be bought at second hand bookshops in Paris for a cent apiece |