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25 Centimes Pattern
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Central round hole surrounded by radiating sunbeams, flanked on the left by an oak branch and on the right by a standing Gallic rooster facing left. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE runs along the upper rim, with the date 1914 positioned in the lower exergue. The word ESSAI appears in small lettering at the lower right of the field, identifying this piece as a pattern strike. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central round hole encircled by radiating sunbeams, flanked on the left by an oak branch and on the right by a decorative cartouche bearing the denomination inscription 25 C, accompanied by a fasces or beam motif. The republican motto LIBERTE. EGALITE. FRATERNITE. runs along the upper rim, with the denomination 25 c repeated in the lower field. The overall design is symmetrical and restrained, consistent with early twentieth-century French essai coinage. |
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