Obverse : Draped Bust of Republic with phrighian cup and olive branch, facing right; "REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE".
Reverse : Armored and draped Republic, seated left on a rock with his right hand holding a flag-bearer and his left hand an olive branch on his right a child holding ears of wheat and a hammer, 5c below right; cornucopia, "LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE", torch and star.
( Coins with the star were minted in Paris with flans manufactured in Madrid, Berna and Utrecht ) |