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10 Centimes pattern by Boivin
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1848 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Reverse description | At centre, the denomination 10 CENTS is displayed in two bold lines within an open wreath composed of an olive branch to the left and an oak branch to the right, the two branches tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The date 1848 appears in the exergue below the wreath. The revolutionary motto LIBERTÉ . ÉGALITÉ . FRATERNITÉ . arcs along the upper periphery, distributed across the full circumference of the coin. A fine toothed border frames the entire design. |
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| Reverse lettering | LIBERTÉ . ÉGALITÉ . FRATERNITÉ . 10 CENT(s). 1848 |
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The upheaval of February 1848 — which toppled Louis-Philippe and proclaimed the Second Republic — immediately threw French coinage into institutional chaos. The Monnaie de Paris solicited competing designs from multiple engravers, resulting in a documented flurry of pattern emissions before the definitive republican types were settled. Boivin's submission was one of several that never advanced to currency production.
The Mazard reference places this among a small cluster of copper essay pieces from that competitive window, with the VG variant notation suggesting minor die differences exist within the type itself.