A portrait of Carl von Linné in profile, showing his left side. His name in Latin is written around the portrait. Below the portrait is the name of the engraver.
Obverse lettering
CAROLUS LINNÆUS
DUBOIS F
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
A flat surface with text in Latin
Reverse lettering
NATUS
ROESHULTAE
IN SUECIA
AN.M.DCC.VII.
OBIT
AN.M.DCC.LXXVIII.
SERIES NUMISMATICA
UNIVERSALIS VIRUM ILLUSTRIUM
M.DCCC.XVIII
PARISIIS DURAND EDIDIT (Translation: Born in Råshult in Sweden in 1707 died in 1778. A Numismatic series of famous men 1818 published by Durand in Paris)
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)