French silver coinage of 1905
- PART OF:
- Collection of 564 coins
- Made:
- 1898
Coin, French bronze coinage of 1898. Obv.: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. Female bust to right wearing a Phrygian cap Rev.: LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE 1898 10c. A seated figure of Minerva holding in her left hand a branch of olive, and with her right a flag bearing the initials RF on the staff-head; by her side sits a child grasping a hammer and pincers in one hand and a bunch of wheat-ears in the other. Both sides signed DANIEL DUPUIS. Diam. 1 3/16 inch. Given by Monsieur Léonce Bénédite. V&A no. 931A-1898. Originally catalogued with V&A no. 931-1898.
Details
- Category:
- Coins, Medals & Tokens
- Object Number:
- 1947-2/279
- Materials:
- bronze (copper, tin alloy)
- Measurements:
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overall: 30.1625 mm,
- type:
- coin