1 Centime pattern by Dupré

Features

Location France
Period First Republic (1792-1804)
Type Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Year 6 (1797)
Calendar French republican
Value 1 Centime (0.01)
Currency Franc (1795-1959)
Composition Bronze
Weight 1.97 g
Diameter 17 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
194522
References VG# 599,
Victor Guilloteau; 1943. Monnaies françaises : Colonies, 1670-1942, métropole, 1774-1942. A. Barry, Paris, France.
Maz# 313 (R2)
Jean Mazard; 1965. Histoire monétaire et numismatique contemporaine 1790-1963 / Tome 1. 1790-1848. Sabine Bourgey, Paris, France.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Head of Liberty on the left, wearing a Phrygian cap.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: .REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE.

Engraver: Augustin Dupré

Reverse

A DESSAI PIECE
A
CENTIME
YEAR 6.
A
in a pearled grenetisAutomatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PIÉCE DESSAI
UN
CENTIME
L’AN 6.
A

Engraver: Augustin Dupré

Edge

Smooth

Mint

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

Comments

CGB gives this coin a rarity rating of R2, as does the Mazard.
The corner axis of the example shown is 7 o'clock.Automatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
6 (1797) A (fr) Essai de Dupré, en bronze

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