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5 Francs - Louis-Philippe without I - relief edge
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1830 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Reverse description | The denomination 5 FRANCS is displayed in two lines at centre, with the date 1830 below, all within an open laurel wreath tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The mint mark A (Paris) appears to the left of the date and an anchor privy mark to the right, with a small star below the date. The wreath is finely detailed with olive and laurel branches, and the whole design is enclosed within a toothed border. |
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| Mint | A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
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The 1830 5 Francs without the regnal numeral "I" after Louis-Philippe's name represents a first-year anomaly from the early months of the July Monarchy, before the dies were corrected to include the standard designation. Louis-Philippe had taken the throne in August 1830 following the Three Glorious Days that deposed Charles X, and the Paris Mint was working quickly to produce coinage for the new regime. The omission is not an unofficial error in the engraver's-mistake sense — it reflects the unsettled state of the new king's titulature in the immediate aftermath of the revolution.
Gadoury catalogues this as 675a, distinct from the corrected type.