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10 Francs
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1850-1851 |
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| Weight | 3.2258 g |
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| Obverse description | Allegorical effigy of Ceres, goddess of agriculture, facing right, her hair elaborately coiffed and bound with a wreath of wheat ears and leaves, engraved by Louis Merley in a classical style. Two five-pointed stars appear in the upper field flanking the legend. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE * FRANÇAISE runs along the periphery, divided by the stars at top. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE * FRANÇAISE |
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The 10 Franc gold piece of 1850–51 was struck during the presidency of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, just before his coup of December 1851 dissolved the Second Republic entirely. The timing matters: coins from 1851 were still being struck when he seized permanent power, making the republican issue a short-lived artifact of a government that lasted barely three years. Production ended abruptly as the newly proclaimed Second Empire demanded its own coinage.
Mintages were modest across both years combined, and attrition through melting — common for small-denomination gold — has kept survivors genuinely scarce in any grade.