Nope, Her Higness,
The first coin stroke in "Franc" (instead of pounds) has been the 5 Francs "
Union et Force" in year 4 of Liberty (1795); The type was Liberty (woman holding some kind of lance), Equality (woman holding a masonic level) and Fraternity (Hercules). That type of franc was called the Germinal one (march/april in the revolutionary calendar) because of the bill passed in that month and reforming the monetary system. Type stroke from 1795 to 1802,
first republic.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces156959.html
Several years later, an other revolution broke out for any silly reason (february 1848); The mint was not ready and decided to further use the dies till a new project is developed. Type
Hercule stroke in 1848 and 1849 (in Paris A, Strasbourg BB, Lyon D and Bordeaux K),
second republic.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1180.html
We then elected a president, Louis-Napoléon Bonarparte, who was by that time in the UK, living with an american actress. The president decided to become Emperor, got married and got a kid, who died later in south-africa as an english officer. I know, life is sometime disturbing .... The Franco-prussian war started (and ended) in 1870.
Since we did not know which kind of regime we would adopt, the mint reused the dies of the second 5 francs type of the second republic (refer above). I make the long story short..... Actually, we had two capitals (Bordeaux and Paris), two mints (Bordeaux and Paris) and no gouvernment.
Paris then decided to have a
third republic. And reused the dies of
Hercule, from 1870 to 1889.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1187.html
For France's sake, forget all what happened later (WW1, 80% devaluation), Front populaire 1936 (an other devaluation), WW 2, IVth Republic (nobody remember of it), 1946 to 1958. These unfaithfull guys did not even strike a single Hercule....
General de Gaulle came back th the affairs in 1958, set up a new devaluation with the "new franc" (90% devaluation). And to restore some confidence in his new franc, stroke ......
Hercule,
Vth republic as a
10 francs coin (same weight, same % in silver), from 1964 to 1973.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces674.html
1973.... Oil crisis, beginning of the corner on silver..... hard times. The next coin has been a
50 francs Hercule, heavier: 30 gr, 900/1000. Rather expensive for 5 gr silver more.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces681.html
We were missing that bro Hercule and the twin sisters...... The coin has been restroke for the last time in Francs, in 1996 (Nickel, 10 gr).
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces24.html
We then joined the club with other european fellows in the Euro gang. And of course, restroke the Hercule type:
https://www.cgb.fr/boutique_recherche,KA12FA6AA212D6DA.html
If you are interested in large silver coins, check "Latin Monetary Union".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Monetary_Union
The US, pretentious posers, did not accept the franc as a currency in the early 1870' but were nevertheless considering to join, with a "stella" (worth 20 gold francs. Who can afford to have the monetary unit as a 6.45gr gold coin, seriously ?????).
https://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/956127
But I am a peacefull good guy. If you have a stella to swap, I could accept ;-)
Enjoy your night and have a good week,