Obverse description	Laureate head of Napoleon III facing left
Obverse script	Latin
Obverse lettering	NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR BB BARRE (Translation: Napoleon III Emperor)
Reverse description	Crowned and mantled arms divide denomination, date below
Reverse script	Latin
Reverse lettering	EMPIRE FRANÇAIS 5 F. 1868 (Translation: French Empire)
Edge	Smooth and inscripted
Mint	A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) BB Strasbourg, France (?-1870) K Bordeaux, France (?-1880)
Mintage	1861 A - F. 331/1 - KM# 799.1 A small - 22 098 1861 A - F. 331/2 - KM# 799.1 A normal - 1861 ESSAI - (fr) A confirmer - KM# 799.1 - 1862  - F. 331/4 without mint letters - 1862 A - F. 331/3 - KM# 799.1 - 27 819 1863 A - F. 331/5 - KM# 799.1 - 14 997 1864 A - F. 331/6 - KM# 799.1 - 32 168 1865 A - F. 331/7 - KM# 799.1 - 24 577 1865 BB - F. 331/8 - KM# 799.2 - 72 557 1866 A - F. 331/9 - KM# 799.1 - 37 893 1867 A - F. 331/10 - KM# 799.1 - 6 511 287 1867 BB - F. 331/11 - KM# 799.2 - 4 337 636 1868 A - F. 331/12 - KM# 799.1 - 6 520 459 1868 BB - F. 331/13 - KM# 799.2 - 11 390 447 1869 A - F. 331/14 - KM# 799.1 - 2 055 891 1869 BB - F. 331/15 - KM# 799.2 BB normal - 9 601 259 1869 BB - F. 331/16 - KM# 799.2 BB small - 1870 A - F. 331/17 - KM# 799.1 - 6 246 264 1870 BB - F. 331/18 - KM# 799.2 - 2 022 004
Catalog ID	2590658030
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