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

France, 2 decimes essai (pattern) coin (1799)
Voting period ends on 26 Oct 2015  at 18:38:49 (UTC)
 * 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.


 * Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 18:38, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support, great selection by, quite high resolution. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:11, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 07:21, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support – Jobas (talk) 10:55, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support – Yann (talk) 11:57, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:43, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support – DreamSparrow  Chat   18:57, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 21:06, 26 October 2015 (UTC) --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:06, 26 October 2015 (UTC) --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:06, 26 October 2015 (UTC)