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5 Francs - Louis-Philippe relief
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1831 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of Louis-Philippe I facing right, crowned with an oak wreath, rendered in high relief. The portrait is executed in a neoclassical style with fine detail in the hair and facial features. The engraver's signature DOMARD F. appears in small letters below the truncation. The obverse legend LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DES FRANÇAIS encircles the portrait along the rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DES FRANÇAIS |
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The 1831 5 Francs series introduced incuse (creux) and relief lettering variants on the edge simultaneously — the Gadoury 677a designation specifically identifies the relief-edge type, struck alongside its incuse counterpart at multiple mints in the same year. The distinction was not aesthetic whim; it reflected ongoing debates within the Monnaie de Paris administration over counterfeiting resistance, since raised edge lettering was considered harder to replicate cleanly than recessed.
Louis-Philippe had taken the throne just the previous year following the July Revolution that ousted Charles X. First-year coinage under a new regime invariably carried administrative friction, and the parallel production of two edge varieties in 1831 is a direct artifact of that institutional uncertainty.