5 centimes Essai en nickel de Merley, type I

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
5
CENTIMES
A
ESSAI

Engraver: Louis Merley

Edge

Plain

Comment

GEM 12.2 - Diameter: 21mm, Weight: 4g, round blank, Type I, characterized by the oak wreath reverse. "ESSAI" in exergue, in relief between two rosettes. The workshop letter between the different "corne d'abondance" and "torche" of H.A.Patey.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

GEM 12.2 - Diamètre : 21mm, Poids : 4g, flan rond, 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 nickel de Merley, type I) 1902 from France made of Nickel 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 leaves and the coin's denomination. The coin's design was meant to symbolize the country's shift towards modernity and the importance of the Republic's values.

• no continent
• no period