| Issuer | France |
| Year | 1797-1801 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 5 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
| Composition | Silver (.900) |
| Weight | 25 g |
| Dimensions | 37 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Augustin Dupré |
| In circulation to | 25 June 1928 |
| Reference(s) | F#290 |
| Obverse description | 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 | BB Strasbourg, France (?-1870) K Bordeaux, France (?-1880) MA Marseille, France (?-1858) Q Perpignan, France (?-1837) T Nantes, France (?-1837) |
| Mintage | 6 (1797) BB - no olive below - 6 (1797) K - (fr) F. 290/2 - 6 (1797) Q - no olive below - 6 (1797) Q - with olive below - 6 (1797) T - (fr) F. 290/5 - 8 (1799) K - an 8/6 - 9 (1800) MA - no olive below - 2 221 9 (1800) T - an 9/5 - 19 932 9 (1800) T - an 9/6/5 - 10 (1801) T - an 10/6 - 5 232 |
| Catalog ID | 9846791190 |
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