1 centime Dupré
Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
First Republic (1792-1804)
|
| Type | Patterns |
| Year | 6 (1797) |
| Calendar | French republican |
| Value | 1 Centime (0.01) |
| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 2 g |
| Diameter | 18 mm |
| Thickness | 0.87 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Issued | 24 October 1796 |
| Demonetized | 1 July 1856 |
| Number | N# 549190 |
| References | Franc 2014# 100 Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes). Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Obverse
Script: Latin
Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
· Dupré ·
Engraver: Augustin Dupré
Reverse
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PIECE D'ESSAI
UN
CENTIME
L'AN 6
A
Engraver: Augustin Dupré
Edge
Plain
Mint
| A | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
Marks
 |
Augustin Dupré, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1795-1803) |
 |
Charles-Pierre de l'Espine, Mint Master, Monnaie de Paris (1797-1821) |
Comments
Test piece with signature
Trial coin without signature
Test coins do not necessarily have the corners turned at 6 or 12 o'clock (coinage or medal). The 4 examples in the CGB archives have corners turned between 6 and 7 o'clock.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 6 (1797) A | |
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trial Strike with signature | 91% | |||||||||||
| 6 (1797) A | |
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trial Strike without signature | 18% | |||||||||||
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