Cent cinquantenaire de la Banque de France

Commemorative issue

150 years of the Banque de France

Obverse

Minerva (Wisdom) holding a shield to the left, her left hand resting on the shoulder of Fortune, to the right, who is pouring a cornucopia into a chest, in the exergue signature: DUMAREST.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LA SAGESSE FIXE LA FORTUNE
DUMAREST

Engraver: Rambert Dumarest

Reverse

(fr) Femmes assises portant un caducée et une corne d'abondance pour l'une, un marteau pour l'autre, de part et d'autre d'un écu.
Dates en chiffres romains en dessous.
Texte en périphérie, coupé en haut par le profil de Napoléon Bonaparte.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LA BANQUE DE FRANCE
MDCCC-MCML

Edge

Smooth, cornucopia hallmark and inscriptions.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 1 ARGENT

© ReneautPL (CC BY)

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

See also

• Hat
• Mythology
• Monarch
• Caduceus
• Cornucopia

• Cent cinquantenaire de la Banque de France

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Numista Rarity index: 97

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Bullion value: USD 341.00

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Actual silver weight: 4.734 oz

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