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10 Centimes pattern by Boivin
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1848 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ.. 10.CENT 1848 |
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The provisional government established after the February 1848 revolution moved quickly to redesign French coinage, commissioning multiple engravers to submit competing patterns. Boivin's tin submission was part of this competitive process — tin being a standard proof-of-concept material, cheap enough to strike in quantity for committee review without committing to bronze or silver. The design was ultimately rejected in favor of other submissions, leaving these pattern pieces as the only physical record of Boivin's proposal.
Tin oxidizes unpredictably, and surviving examples vary considerably in surface preservation.