Fleur de Coin

French: Flower of the Die (FDC)

A perfect or virtually perfect coin. Fully struck up. No Contact- or other Detracting Marks visible with the naked eye, and only minute superficial imperfections, relating to the manufacturing process rather than any other cause, may be visible under magnification. Fully Lustre or Mint Bloom is present. Toning on Silver coins (if present) must be attractive. Brilliance (Color) on Bronze Coins should be 90% plus. Eye Appeal is outstanding. To reiterate, it is a completely flawless mint state coin with nothing forgiven. This grade is very rare, not to be taken lightly or accepted easily.

Named after the highest coin grade, this website is the result of the love and hard work of just one person... myself! Endless hours of coding, recoding, designing, adding content and revising content have been put into this site since 1998, when it's first incarnation appeared on-line drawing only a miniscule web traffic. A lot of things have changed during the past few years, making Fleur-de-Coin a rather interesting and informative website that attracts some 12,000 visitors each month. The site has grown but although it looks like the result of the combined work of a professional web developer and an avid coin collector, the fact remains that it is only a personal contribution to the coin collector community worldwide.

What can you find in here?

If you are wondering where to begin. If you have found coin collecting too bewildering and don't know where to start. If you are just too busy to track down the information you need to get started, here is a free place with heap of information which is aimed right at people like you. Fleur-de-Coin.com is geared mainly towards collectors searching for information about the Greek modern coins and the european currency. Although this is the main focus of the site, I have tried my best to include interesting content about coin collecting in general, ranging from little-known facts to complete series of articles about coin minting and more. Each coin included in this site (Greek drachmas, lepta, euros and cents) is well presented with high-resolution photos, specifications and a brief desciption of the theme it portrays.

Feel free to explore its contents and don't hesitate to drop me a line whenever you feel like it. I read and reply all my emails, as communicating with other people was probably the single most important reason for building this site. You may even check out my coin collection on-line, or browse through my doubles list if you are interested in a coin exchange. If you like the site and wish to support it, you may want to buy some of the coins I offer and make my troubles worthwhile.

Welcome to Fleur de Coin my friend!