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5 Francs trial of Louis-Oscar Roty
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1898 - - 75 |
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Louis-Oscar Roty is best remembered for the Semeuse — the sowing figure he designed in 1887 that would dominate French coinage for decades — but this 1898 trial piece represents his unsuccessful bid to extend that aesthetic to the 5 Franc denomination. The Third Republic never adopted it for circulation; monetary conservatism and the sheer cost of retooling production for a coin of this size kept the design in the essai category.
Roty was a médailleur first, and the ambition of his relief work consistently complicated mass production.