Issuer | France |
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Period |
First Republic (1792-1804)
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Type | Standard circulation coin |
Years | 5-8 (1796-1799) |
Calendar | French republican |
Value | 5 Francs |
Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
Composition | Silver (.900) |
Weight | 25 g |
Diameter | 34 mm |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Demonetized | 25 June 1928 |
Number | N# 156962 |
References |
F# 295
Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc (10th edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France.
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Face value, in a crown did with two laurel branches.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
5
FRANCS
L'AN
Engraver: Augustin Dupré
Hercules, naked with lion skin, in front, uniting the Liberty standing left, holding a pique surmonted by phrygian cap and the Equality, standing right, holding the plane.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
UNION ET FORCE
· Dupré ·
Engraver: Augustin Dupré
Hollow edge with inscriptions.
The edge wasn't made with collar.
Lettering: GARANTIE NATIONALE
A | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
K | Bordeaux, France (?-1880) |
L | Bayonne, France (?-1837) |
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