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100 Francs - Louis Philippe Pattern
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1831 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse lettering | LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DES FRANÇAIS N TIOLIER |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 FRANCS 1831 A |
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This is an essai struck at the Paris Mint in the first year of Louis-Philippe's reign, produced to test and demonstrate the proposed coinage before authorizing full production. The Mazur and Gadoury references confirm it as a recognized pattern type, not a fantasy piece. Gold-plated tin was a standard medium for such trials — convincing in hand, economical to produce in quantity for official review.
Louis-Philippe never actually authorized a circulating 100 Francs gold piece of this design; the denomination remained largely theoretical at this scale during his July Monarchy.