Country:

France

Series:

1870~1940 - Third Republic

Catalog codes:

Colnect codes FR-000056
World Coins km 844.1

Variants:

8

Themes:

Cornucopias (Horn of Plenty) | Legends | Plants (Flora) | Professions | Rays | Sun | Torches | Women

Issued on:

1898

Last issue date:

1920

Distribution:

Standard Circulation

Mints:

Monnaie de Paris (A), Paris, France

Composition:

Silver

Edge:

Reeded/grained

Orientation:

Coin alignment ↑O↓

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Not decorated. Both sides

Weight:

5 grams

Diameter:

23 mm

Thickness:

1.4 mm

Face value:

1 F - French franc

Known mintage:

50,112,000 for 1918

Composition Details:

Silver Ag. 0.835 1.342 oz. ASW Copper Cu. 0.165

Score:

26% Accuracy: Very High

Description:

Obverse: Value 1 / FRANC above olive branch with 16 leaves. Motto LIBERTE • EGALITE • FRATERNITE (liberty•equality•fraternity), at bottom, year between two points • 1898 • (99, 1900) or 1901 (~1920) between mint director mark, left Cornucopia and privy mark at right Torch (Henri-Auguste Patey, 1896-1930).
Reverse: Walking sowing woman "Libertine" "semeuse", left, sowing the seeds of France's future with a bag of seeds in left hand in front of rising sun, engraver signature at bottom O. Roty (Louis-Oscar Roty 1846-1911, medallist). State name, left/right REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE (French Republic).