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20 Centimes - Napoléon III pattern of Barre, large head
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1853 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The face value 20 CENT. is displayed in two lines at the center of the field, with the date 1853 below, all enclosed within a wreath formed by two crossed laurel branches tied at the base with a ribbon. The mint mark A, denoting the Paris Mint, appears beneath the knot in the exergue area. The encircling legend EMPIRE FRANÇAIS frames the composition along the upper periphery. |
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| Mintage | 1853 A - (fr) F. 147/1 -KM#778.1 - Frappe d`Epreuve |
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This is one of several competing pattern submissions produced in 1853 as the Paris Mint worked to establish the definitive coinage types for the newly proclaimed Second Empire. Jean-Jacques Barre, then chief engraver at the Mint, submitted multiple head sizes for consideration — this large-head variant lost out to a smaller portrait that was adopted for circulation. The rejected designs were struck in extremely limited numbers, primarily for official presentation and archival purposes.