5 Francs pattern of Ameling

Ameling was a Paris-based medallist whose name appears on a small cluster of pattern submissions from the mid-1820s, a period when the Monnaie de Paris was actively soliciting alternative designs following the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy under Charles X. These tin strikes were production aids — struck to assess die quality and relief depth before committing to silver — and were rarely preserved outside official channels. The survival of any example in identifiable condition is more accident than policy.