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100 Francs Essai

Issuer Monnaie de Paris
Year 1878
Type Coin pattern
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Obverse description Winged Genius standing facing three-quarters left, writing the word CONSTITUTION on a tall tablet set upon a plinth. A fasces appears in the lower left field and a Gallic rooster stands to the lower right. The engraver's signature A.B. and Dupré appear in the exergue. The circular legend RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE runs along the upper periphery within a toothed border, the whole composition executed in the neoclassical style after Augustin Dupré.
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Obverse lettering RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE CONSTI- TUTION A. B. Dupré
Reverse description Within a large circular wreath of oak and laurel branches tied at the base, the denomination 100 FRANCS appears in two lines in bold raised lettering, with the date 1878 below. The word ESSAI is inscribed in the lower exergue beneath the wreath. The Republican motto LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ runs along the upper periphery within a toothed border, divided into three sections. The design is clean and typographic, with no additional devices in the field.
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