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100 Francs - Louis Philippe Pattern
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1831 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of King Louis-Philippe I facing left, rendered in high relief with finely detailed wavy hair. The portrait is the work of engraver André Galle, executed in a neoclassical style typical of early July Monarchy coinage. The circular legend reads LOUIS PHILIPPE I to the left and ROI DES FRANÇAIS to the right, separated by the truncation of the bust. A dentilated border frames the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank, with no devices, legends, or inscriptions, presenting a plain, unfinished field consistent with an early-stage coin pattern or trial piece where only the obverse die had been completed. The surface displays the characteristic concave profile of a struck planchet without a reverse die design, confirming the experimental nature of this piece. |
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This 1831 piece is an essai struck at the Paris Mint in the early months of Louis-Philippe's July Monarchy, a regime that came to power not through hereditary right but through the revolutionary barricades of July 1830. The new government needed coinage that projected legitimate authority quickly, and the Monnaie de Paris produced multiple pattern trials in varying metals and weights before settling on production specifications.
Silver-plated bronze was a common trial medium — cheap enough to produce in quantity for approval circulation among officials, convincing enough in hand to assess aesthetic merit. The 8.62g weight does not correspond to any adopted standard for the denomination.