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10 Francs pattern by La Fleur
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1929 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | A standing winged genius, nude, faces left and raises a torch aloft in the right hand while holding a palm frond or laurel branch in the left hand. The figure is depicted in a dynamic, upright pose set upon a ground line, with broad, outstretched wings filling the field. The denomination 10 Frs appears in large numerals in the left field, and the date 1929 is inscribed in the exergue. The republican motto LIBERTE - EGALITE - FRATERNITE arcs around the upper periphery, with ESSAI noted on the coin identifying it as a pattern strike. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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French monetary reform discussions of the late 1920s generated a wave of competing pattern submissions, and La Fleur's copper-aluminium proposal was among several private-mint entries evaluated as France struggled to stabilize the franc following its catastrophic wartime and postwar depreciation — the franc had lost roughly 80% of its prewar gold value by the time Poincaré's stabilization law passed in 1928. This piece belongs to that immediate post-stabilization moment, when the Monnaie de Paris was actively testing light-alloy compositions as alternatives to the heavier nickel and silver types then in circulation.
Gadoury 795 records only a handful of confirmed specimens.