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1 Centime pattern, procédé de Gengembre
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1796 |
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| Engraver(s) | Augustin Dupré |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust of Liberty wearing a Phrygian cap, engraved in the neoclassical style attributed to Augustin Dupré. A five-pointed star is positioned beneath the truncation of the bust. The peripheral legend reads LIBERTÉ L`AN CINQ, referencing the fifth year of the French Republican calendar. The portrait is rendered with fine detail characteristic of late 18th-century French coinage artistry. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a six-line inscription in capital Latin letters filling the central field, reading COUPÉ ET FRAPPÉ EN MÊME TEMS PAR PH. GENGEMBRE, attributing the striking process to inventor Philippe Gengembre. Below the inscription, an ornamental finial or fleuron device is centrally placed, flanked by decorative dot groupings. A plain raised rim frames the composition. The layout serves as a direct advertisement of Gengembre's innovative simultaneous cutting and striking process proposed for French decimal coinage. |
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