Face value, in a crown did with two laurel branches.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
5
FRANCS
L`AN
Reverse description
Hercules, naked with lion skin, in front, uniting the Liberty standing left, holding a pique surmonted by phrygian cap and the Equality, standing right, holding the plane.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
UNION ET FORCE
· Dupré ·
Edge
Hollow edge with inscriptions.
Mint
A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) BB Strasbourg, France (?-1870) K Bordeaux, France (?-1880)
Mintage
6 (1797) BB - (fr) F. 299/1 - 7 (1798) A - (fr) F. 299/3 - 7 (1798) A - an 7/6 - 7 (1798) K - (fr) F. 299/4 -