Issuer France
Period Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1897-1921
Value 10 Centimes (0.10)
Currency Franc (1795-1959)
Composition Bronze
Weight 10 g
Diameter 30 mm
Thickness 1.9 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled

Obverse
Bust of Liberty to the right, wearing the Phrygian cap adorned with a crown; signed below hollow DANIEL-DUPUIS.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
DANIEL-DUPUIS

Translation:
FRENCH REPUBLIC
DANIEL-DUPUIS

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Features
Issuer France
Period Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1897-1921
Value 10 Centimes (0.10)
Currency Franc (1795-1959)
Composition Bronze
Weight 10 g
Diameter 30 mm
Thickness 1.9 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 31 October 1934
Number N#698Help
References F# 136, Gad# 277, Schön# 183, KM# 843, GEM# 34.1 / 34.7 / 34.8 / 34.9
Obverse
Bust of Liberty to the right, wearing the Phrygian cap adorned with a crown; signed below hollow DANIEL-DUPUIS.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
DANIEL-DUPUIS

Translation:
FRENCH REPUBLIC
DANIEL-DUPUIS

Engraver: Jean-Baptiste-Daniel Dupuis

Reverse
The personification of armored and draped Republic with cock on helmet, seated left on a rock holding a standard flag in her right hand and an olive branch in her left hand; on her right a child holding ears of corn and a hammer; denomination is shield; engraver's name and date at the bottom; the abbreviation "RF" on the top of the standard flag.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
RF
10c
DANIEL-DUPUIS 1900

Unabridged legend:
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
10 centimes
DANIEL-DUPUIS 1900

Translation:
LIBERTY EQUALITY BROTHERHOOD
FRENCH REPUBLIC
10 centimes
DANIEL-DUPUIS 1900