Obverse
Portrait facing left, inside beaded circle. Lettering around outside, date underneath
Script: Latin
Lettering:
NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR
BARRE
1857
Translation:
NAPOLEON III EMPEROR
BARRE
1854
Engraver: Jean-Jacques Barre
Reverse
Eagle facing right with mint letter below, inside beaded circle. Lettering around outside, value lettering below.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
EMPIRE FRANÇAIS
A
* CINQ CENTIMES *
Translation:
FRENCH EMPIRE
A
* FIVE CENTIMES *
Engraver: Jean-Jacques Barre
Edge
Smooth
5 Centimes - Napoleon III - obverse
Mints
A Paris, France (600-1973)
B Rouen, France (?-1858)
BB Strasbourg, France (?-1870)
D Lyon, France (?-1858)
K Bordeaux, France (?-1880)
MA Marseille, France (?-1858)
W Lille, France (1685-1858)
Marks
dog head with low ears Jacques-Jean Barre, General coin engraver, Paris (1850-1855)
indicating hand Charles-Louis Dierickx, Mint Master, Paris (1845-1860)
pick and hammer Ernest Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Mint Master, Rouen (1852-1857)
bee Alfred Renouard de Bussière, Mint Master, Strasbourg (1834-1860)
lion Jean Moine, Mint Master, Lyon (1848-1858)
vine leaf Raymond-Alexandre Vignes, Mint Master, Bordeaux (1826-1857)
scallop Alexandre-Joseph Beaussier, Mint Master, Marseille (1852-1857)
antique lamp Charles-Frédéric Kuhlmann, Mint Master, Lille (1850-1857)
anchor with ring Désiré-Albert Barre, General coin engraver, Paris (1855-1878)