Description
Country or authority: France, Third Republic
Year or date range: 1873
Denomination: 5 Francs
Composition: Silver
Ruler or portrait: Hercules standing between Liberty and Equality; no ruler portrait
Mint or mintmark: Paris; A mintmark, with bee and anchor marks
Catalogue references: Le Franc F.334/9; KM 820.1
Obverse description: Second photograph: bearded Hercules facing, wearing a lion skin, joining Liberty at left and Equality at right. Liberty holds a staff topped by a hand; Equality holds a triangular level. Legend: LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ. Dupré signature between two stars below the ground line.
Reverse description: First photograph: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE around a tied wreath of laurel and oak. Within: 5 / FRANCS. / 1873. A below the wreath, flanked by bee and anchor marks; star at the end of the surrounding legend.
