Scene of discussion on the civil code in the Council of State under the presence of the first consul Napoleon Bonaparte, on his left Jean-Jacques-Régis Cambacérès who will be the principal craftsman.
Obverse lettering
NAPOLEON DONNE A LA FRANCE UN CODE
CIVIL
1804
Obverse script
Reverse description
Text in the center, plant crown, scroll at the bottom. Different from the Franklin Medallion (Franklin Mint).
Reverse lettering
EN FAISANT
REDIGER LE CODE,
NAPOLEON A UNIFIE
LES LOIS DE LA FRANCE
ET POSE LES PRINCIPES
DE LA JUSTICE ET
DU DROIT
LM
L?HISTOIRE DE FRANCE
Reverse script
Mint
(LM) Franklin Mint (The Franklin Mint), Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-2003)