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5 centimes Henri V
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1832 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The denomination 5 CENT. is displayed in two lines at the centre of the field, enclosed within a wreath formed by two symmetrical laurel branches tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The date 1832 appears in the exergue below the wreath, in large, evenly spaced numerals. The design is enclosed within a finely toothed inner border matching that of the obverse, giving the piece a uniform and carefully finished appearance consistent with a struck pattern or essay. |
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| Mintage | 1832 |
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Henri V never ruled France. This piece is a pretender issue struck by Legitimist partisans loyal to Henri, Comte de Chambord, the Bourbon claimant who had been passed over when Louis-Philippe took the throne during the July Revolution of 1830. Produced privately — almost certainly outside France — it served the political fiction that the July Monarchy was illegitimate and that a Bourbon restoration was imminent. It wasn't.
The silver composition and careful execution suggest these were made to impress donors or rally wealthy sympathizers rather than circulate. Genuine circulation examples are essentially unknown.