Minerva (Wisdom) holding a shield to the left, her left hand resting on the shoulder of Fortune, to the right, who is pouring a cornucopia into a chest, in the exergue signature: DUMAREST.
Obverse lettering
LA SAGESSE FIXE LA FORTUNE
DUMAREST
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Seated women, one holding a caduceus and cornucopia, the other a hammer, on either side of a shield. dates in Roman numerals below text around the edge, cut off at the top by the profile of Napoleon Bonaparte
Reverse lettering
LA BANQUE DE FRANCE
MDCCC-MCML
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
