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