| Issuer | France |
| Year | 1798 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 5 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
| Composition | Silver (.900) |
| Weight | 25 g |
| Dimensions | 34 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Augustin Dupré |
| In circulation to | 25 June 1928 |
| Reference(s) | F#296 |
| 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 | A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) BB Strasbourg, France (?-1870) K Bordeaux, France (?-1880) L Bayonne, France (?-1837) Q Perpignan, France (?-1837) T Nantes, France (?-1837) |
| Mintage | 7 (1798) A - (fr) F. 296/1 - 7 (1798) BB - (fr) F. 296/2 - 7 (1798) K - (fr) F. 296/3 - 7 (1798) L - no olive below - 7 (1798) L - with olive below - 7 (1798) Q - (fr) F. 296/6 - 7 (1798) T - no olive below - 7 (1798) T - with olive below - 34 867 7 (1798) T - with olive below, no accent on the E of REPUBLIQUE - |
| Catalog ID | 6488458210 |
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