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| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1830 |
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| Composition | Silver (.900) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed right-facing effigy of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French, with naturalistically rendered curly hair and sideburns, engraved by Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier whose signature appears on the truncation. The portrait is boldly modelled in high relief against a flat field. The circular legend reads LOUIS-PHILIPPE ROI DES FRANÇAIS., distributed around the periphery within a toothed border. |
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| Obverse lettering | LOUIS-PHILIPPE ROI DES FRANÇAIS. |
| 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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