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5 centimes Lindauer Pré-série sans le mot ESSAI
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 5 Centimes (0.05) |
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| Obverse lettering | RF |
| Reverse description | Central round hole encircled by a symmetrical decorative composition featuring stylized laurel and olive branches radiating outward toward the milled rim. The Republican motto 'LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ' is inscribed along the upper periphery, while the denomination '5 C MES' appears to the right and the date '1914' is positioned at the lower exergue. The overall design reflects the refined linear Art Nouveau idiom employed by Lindauer for this pre-series pattern. |
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The Lindauer cent series was designed by Edmond Lindauer and intended to replace the earlier Dupuis types, but the outbreak of war in August 1914 froze normal coin production and pushed most pre-series trials into obscurity. This particular piece belongs to a small group of pre-production strikes made before the standard ESSAI marking was adopted as protocol — meaning it circulates among specialists as an unlabeled trial, identifiable primarily through the GEM reference rather than any inscription declaring its status.
Full circulation of the Lindauer 5 centimes in nickel was itself short-lived; the metal was requisitioned for war production not long after introduction.