5 Francs - Louis Philippe Pattern

Struck in 1830, the year Louis-Philippe I assumed the throne following the July Revolution that ousted Charles X, this is a pattern piece rather than a circulation issue — produced at the Paris Mint to test or propose a design for the new regime's coinage before official production was authorized. Such essais were standard procedure at the Monnaie de Paris during transitions of power, and surviving examples typically passed through official hands before entering private collections.

The Gadoury 665b and Mazard 1108a references confirm this as a distinct die variant within the pattern series for this type.