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10 Francs pattern of Delannoy

Issuer Monnaie de Paris
Year 1929
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Value 10 Francs
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Obverse description Left-facing laureate and draped bust of Marianne, personification of the French Republic, wearing a wreath of wheat ears and olive branches with long braided hair falling to the truncation. The circular legend REPVBLIQVE FRANÇAISE arcs around the upper field, with the word ESSAI inscribed vertically to the left of the bust. The engraver's signature M. Delannoy appears in small characters along the lower truncation. The coin is framed by a fine milled border.
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Reverse description Central device depicts a stylised beehive or bonnet de police resting on a plinth, flanked by the denomination numeral 10 to the left and the abbreviation Fr to the right, with a decorative spray of olive and laurel branches beneath. The Republican motto LIBERTE · EGALITE arcs along the upper left and right periphery, with FRATERNITE inscribed in a secondary arc below it. The date 1929 appears at the bottom of the field, flanked by small floral ornaments, all within a milled border.
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