1 Centime Nickel; Trial ND

Reverse

Mercury and an Allegory spinning seated around a cartouche with perforated round, value figure below.

Script: Latin

Edge

Plain

Comment

One finds specimens of this kind with different facial values.
This copy also exists in nickel silver.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

On retrouve des exemplaires de ce genre avec des valeurs faciales différentes.
Cet exemplaire existe aussi en maillechort.

Interesting fact

This coin was part of a series of trial coins minted in 1889 to test the use of nickel silver as a substitute for silver in French coinage. The nickel silver alloy used in these coins was composed of 60% copper, 20% nickel, and 20% zinc. The use of nickel silver was eventually discontinued due to its tendency to tarnish and corrode, but these trial coins remain an interesting piece of numismatic history.

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