Smooth with a horn punch and `BRONZE Lettering: BRONZE
Period
Third Republic (1870-1940)
Notice
Louis-Alexandre Bottée
Reference(s)
Obverse description
The Mint checking the weight of coins leaving the mint, a balance in one hand and a cornucopia in the other. A putti holding a torch and a laurel branch with a ribbon inscribed 1789-1889.
Obverse lettering
UNITÉ PRÉCISION REGULARITÉ
1789 1889
LOVIS BOTTÉE
Obverse script
Reverse description
View of Paris showing in particular the Eiffer Tower, with a palm and a ribbon inscribed CENTENAIRE DE 1789
Reverse lettering
MINISTÈRE DES FINANCES
CENTENAIRE DE 1789
ADMINISTRATION DES MONNAIES ET MÉDAILLES
LOVIS BOTTÉE
Reverse script
Engraver
checking the weight of coins leaving the mint, a balance in one hand and a cornucopia in the other. A putti holding a torch and a laurel branch with a ribbon inscribed 1789-1889. This is an automatic translation. The original text is: La Monnaie vérifi
