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100 Francs - Louis Philippe Pattern
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1831 |
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| Value | 100 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Louis Philippe I facing left, depicted with naturalistic detail and sideburns characteristic of the July Monarchy period. The king wears an olive wreath secured with a ribbon at the nape. The encircling legend reads LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DES FRANÇAIS, and the engraver's signature MONTAGNY appears in small capitals at the base of the truncation. The portrait is rendered in high relief in the neoclassical tradition. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This 1831 bronze piece is an essai — a pattern struck for official evaluation rather than circulation. Louis-Philippe had just taken the throne following the July Revolution of 1830, and the new regime needed coinage that distanced itself visually from both the Bourbon monarchy and the Napoleonic issues that preceded it. Multiple competing designs were submitted and struck in various metals for examination by the mint administration and the conseil des ministres.
Bronze patterns from this selection process were struck in small numbers, almost certainly fewer than a dozen examples per design type.