In the center of the coin, the face value and the year, within a wreath of laurel and oak.
Obverse lettering
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE ★
5
FRANCS
1875
A
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Nude Hercules with leonté, standing frontally, unites Liberté standing on the left, holding a pike surmounted by a Phrygian cap, and Égalité on the right, holding the level. They are surrounded by the motto `LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ`.
Reverse lettering
LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ
• Dupré •
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)