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5 Centimes
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1897-1921 |
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| Engraver(s) | Jean-Baptiste-Daniel Dupuis |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Allegorical seated figure of the Republic, helmeted and draped, occupying the central field; she extends her right arm toward a standing child who holds a staff surmounted by a liberty cap, while an eagle with spread wings appears to her right. The large denomination numeral '5' with the abbreviation 'c' is prominently displayed to the lower right. The Republican motto LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE curves along the upper periphery, the date appears in the exergue, and the engraver's signature DANIEL-DUPUIS is inscribed along the lower left rim. |
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This type bridges two republics in practice if not in name — the Third Republic's small bronze coinage outlasted the Franco-Prussian humiliation, the Dreyfus Affair, and the entirety of the First World War without a design change. Production was interrupted between 1900 and 1906 when falling copper prices and low demand made the denomination economically pointless to strike. The 1914–1918 gap reflects wartime metal priorities, with bronze diverted to shell casings.
The 1921 issue closed the series; aluminum-bronze replaced it the following year.