Bare head of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte on the left; below, BARRE along the neck.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
LOUIS-NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Reverse description
1 / FRANC, in two lines in the field, above 1852, within a composite wreath of two branches of oak and two of laurel, tied two by two at the bottom with a ribbon; below the knot, the workshop letter.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
1
FRANC
1852
A
Edge
Milled
Mint
A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage
1852 A - (fr) F. 212/1 - 1 015 084 1852 A - Proof -