Features
Issuer France
Period Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type Pattern
Years 1960-1985
Value 1 Franc (1 FRF)
Currency New franc (1960-2001)
Composition Nickel
Weight 12 g
Diameter 24 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number N# 253915
References Gad# 474P, GEM# 104.P1
Obverse
The Republic on the left, under the features of a sower draped and topped with a Phrygian cap, with long hair, walking and sowing against the wind; in the background, behind the sower on the right, a rising sun; below, in hollow O. ROTY
Script: Latin
Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
O.Roty
Engraver: Louis-Oscar Roty
Reverse
1 / FRANC, in two lines above an olive branch turned left, below 1960 framed by the various
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LIBERTE • EGALITE • FRATERNITE
1
FRANC
1974
Engraver: Louis-Oscar Roty
Edge
Plain