100 Francs - Louis Philippe Pattern

The 1831 pattern coinage for Louis-Philippe came during the urgent business of establishing a new monetary identity following the July Revolution of 1830, which had displaced Charles X after just six days of street fighting in Paris. The Monnaie de Paris produced multiple essais in various metals to test designs before committing to a circulating type — tin strikes like this one were working trials, not presentation pieces, used to evaluate die quality and strike characteristics before precious metal was committed.

Mazeau 1054 and Gadoury 1124 both document this piece as part of that exploratory sequence. The circulating 100 francs in gold was never ultimately struck for this design.