Head of the Republic on the left as Ceres, goddess of the harvest, wearing a pearl necklace, a double bun and a composite crown of wheat, flowers, olive tree and olives, oak and acorns, tied by a ribbon descending on the neck and passing on the forehead where is inscribed the word CONCOR; under the edge of the neck along the scroll E. A. OUDINE. F.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE.
E.A. OUDINE. F. (Translation: FRENCH REPUBLIC. E.A. OUDINE. F.)
Reverse description
The face value surrounded with a vegetable crown
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
5
FRANCS
1870
Edge
Inscription in relief `DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE`
Mint
A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) K Bordeaux, France (?-1880)
Mintage
1870 A - KM# 818.1 - 1870 K - (fr) A confirmer - KM# 818.2 - étoile + erreur E.A. OUDIJE F. - 1870 K - (fr) F. 332/2 - KM# 818.2 - ancre - 174 961 1870 K - (fr) F. 332/3 - KM# 818.2 - étoile à 4h. - 394 701 1870 K - (fr) F. 332/4 - KM# 818.2 - étoile à 11h. - 1870 K - (fr) F. 332/5 - KM# 818.2 - étoile à 2h. - 1870 K - (fr) F. 332/6 - KM# 818.2 - étoile à 12h. - 1870 K - (fr) F. 332/7 - KM# 818.2 - étoile à 2H. + erreur A.E. OUDINE F. - 1871 K - KM# 818.2 - 604 313