Obverse: Charles Norbert Roettiers Reverse: Alfred Borrel
Reference(s)
Obverse description
View of the Monnaie de Paris building on Quai de Conti, from the Seine.
Obverse lettering
AURO ARGENTO ÆRI FLANDO FERIUNDO
CN ROETTIERS FILIUS F.
ÆDES ÆDIFICATAE .
M.DCCLXX .
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Two women dressed in antique style (the Republic and the Administration) are depicted. The standing woman holds an RF shield with lictor beam in her right hand. The seated woman holds a balance/trebuchet in her right hand, and a cornucopia in her left. Behind them, a triumphal arch and what looks like a monetary workshop. Below, different Laleta between dates; and below, different cornucopia from the Monnaie de Paris.
Reverse lettering
REGIE DES MONNAIES
1880 M 1980
1 PUR
A.BORREL
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)