Jan Moens of Belgium sent the following comments in
response to Andy Lustig's question concerning patterns
made as a result of the international monetary conference
of 1867:
"1) as far as I know, the only countries that have made
patterns are France, Great Britain and the US. Sweden
issued a circulating coin, i.e. the 1 carolin, in order to
comply with the recommendations of the conference,
but I do not know if there were any patterns made for
this coin
2) the French patterns of 25 francs = 10 florins and 25 francs
= 5 dollars were originally struck on the initiative of M. de
Parieu, president of the conference of 1867 (and also of
the conference of the Latin Monetary Union of 1865).
He first had 15 pieces struck of the 10 florins pattern, of
which 6 were given to the French imperial family. Then,
he had 15 pieces struck of the 5 dollars pattern, of which
some (6?) were also given to the French imperial family.
In the years 1870-1872, another 20 pieces (probably 10
pieces of each type) were restruck by the Paris mint with
the approval of the Minister of Finance, in order to satisfy
the wishes of several collectors. In 1880, the Coin Cabinet
of Vienna asked to have 1 piece of each type restruck, in
order to replace the original pieces it had received in
1867, which seemed to have disappeared. This demand
was not accepted by the French Government.
Consequently, one can assume that 25 pieces of each type
were struck, of which not more than 19 may be in public
hands.
3) The goloid coins, struck by France and the US in 1879-
1880 may be considered as patterns made as a result of the
1878 conference
4) No patterns are known for the (Paris) 1881 and (Brussels)
1892 conferences, but the Belgian Government issued a rare
medal (in silver and copper) to commemorate the visit of the
Brussels Mint by the deleguees of the 1892 conference."
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