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10 centimes Essai en cupro-aluminium de 'UN DECIME'
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1910 |
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| Diameter | 25 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE 10c |
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| Mint | Monnaie de Paris |
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The "UN DECIME" legend on this essai reflects an internal debate at the Monnaie de Paris over denominational nomenclature — whether to retain the older French term *décime* or standardize to *centimes* across the coinage system. The trial ultimately went nowhere; the centimes designation held, and no production coinage emerged from this particular experiment in either alloy or wording.
Copper-aluminium alloys were being tested seriously across several European mints in the early twentieth century as a cheaper, lighter alternative to bronze. France never adopted the composition for circulation.