Smooth with punch and inscriptions Script: Latin Lettering: (numéro de tirage) 1985 (corne d’abondance) 1 (etoile) ARGENT
Period
Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Notice
Jacky Mauviel
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Effigy of Jean Moulin, former prefect and WWII Resistance fighter. The Lorraine cross on the right represents the French Resistance Medal, a French decoration instituted in London by General Charles de Gaulle`s order of February 9, 1943.
Obverse lettering
Resistance Française
Jean Moulin XVIII.VI. MCMXL
J.MAUVIEL
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Allegory of the Resistance. Rooster crowing behind a reclining Resistance fighter, Sten-type machine pistol in hand.
Reverse lettering
POUR QUE VIVE LA FRANCE
PATRIA
NON
IMMEMOR
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
