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
Latin
Reverse description
Text in the center, vegetal crown, scroll in bottom.
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
L?HISTOIRE DE FRANCE
LM
