Not every coin bearing a historic date was struck in that year. Governments and authorized mints have long produced coins using earlier dates as a deliberate continuation of a recognized design or bullion standard. These coins are known as restrikes. They are official, disclosed, and actively traded. Some circulate as affordable fractional gold. Others carry...

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The Monnaie de Paris began striking coins in 864 AD, almost a millennium before America’s first mint opened. By the late 19th century, it introduced the 20 Franc gold Rooster, a coin that became one of Europe’s most trusted fractional gold pieces. French gold coinage evolved through monarchies, revolutions, and republics, but the Rooster of...

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