5 centimes Essai en maillechort de Merley, type I

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
5
CENTIMES
A
ESSAI

Engraver: Louis Merley

Edge

Plain

Comment

GEM 12.3
Type I, characterized by the oak wreath reverse. "ESSAI" in relief between two rosettes. The workshop letter between the different H.A.Patey cornucopias and torches.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

GEM 12.3
Type I, caractérisée par le revers à la couronne de chêne. "ESSAI" en exergue, en relief entre deux rosettes. La lettre d'atelier entre les différents corne d'abondance et différent torche de H.A.Patey

Interesting fact

One interesting fact about the Pattern 5 centimes (Essai en maillechort de Merley, type I) 1902 from France made of Nickel silver weighing 4.5 g is that it was designed by French sculptor and engraver, Oscar Roty. Roty was known for his work on various French coins and medals, and his design for the 5 centimes coin features a young woman representing the Republic of France, surrounded by a wreath of olive branches and the motto "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité" (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity). The coin's design was meant to symbolize the values of the French Republic and was intended to be used as a pattern for future coinage, but it was ultimately not adopted for circulation.

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