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10 Centimes pattern of Malbet
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1849 |
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| Value | 10 Centimes (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted bust of Marianne, personification of the French Republic, facing left, wearing a crested helmet adorned with laurel branches and feathers, with flowing hair cascading behind. An olive branch and wheat ears are depicted at the truncation below the bust. The engraver's signature F. MALBET appears in the lower exergue. The circular legend RÉPUBLIQUE - FRANÇAISE flanks the effigy along the periphery, with a toothed border encircling the entire design. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The provisional government that took power after the February 1848 revolution faced immediate pressure to redesign French coinage, stripping it of Orleanist royal imagery. The result was a flood of competing pattern submissions — Malbet's tin submission being one of dozens evaluated before the definitive Cérès type was adopted for the Second Republic's bronze centimes.
Tin was an unusual choice for a pattern metal, selected to approximate weight and feel rather than for any production intent.