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Five Francs (France)
Five Francs (France)
Five Francs (France)

Five Francs (France)

Designer (Paris, France, 1773 - 1846)
Issuer (Ajaccio, France, 1769 - 1821)
Date1812
Object NameFive Francs
Mediumsilver
ClassificationsCoins
DimensionsOverall: Diameter: 37 mm
Approximately: Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: Weight: 24.93 gm
AcquisitionBequeathed in 1919 by Andrew Henderson.
LocationOn Display - Gallery 18
Object numberABDMS017389
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This design shows the head of Napoleon in neo-classical style - minted in the year the French Emperor led the invasion of Russia with disastrous consequences.
Exhibitions
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Five Francs (Third Republic)
1875
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Five Francs (France)
1971
Image Not Available for Five Francs (Belgium)
Five Francs (Belgium)
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1853
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1997
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1866
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1951
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1875
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1921
Image Not Available for Cupro-Nickel Five Centimes
Cupro-Nickel Five Centimes
1932
Image Not Available for Ten Centimes (France)
Ten Centimes (France)
1923
Image Not Available for Ten Centimes (France)
Ten Centimes (France)
1932
Image Not Available for Five Cents (Mauritius)
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Queen Victoria
1882
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Catherine the Great
1796
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1834
Image Not Available for Five Kroner (Sweden / Norway)
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King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway
1881
Image Not Available for Ten Centimes (France)
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Emperor Napoleon III
1852
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Emperor Napoleon I
1809
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Ten Centimes (France)
Emperor Napoleon III
1855
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02-Sep-1799
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Waterlow & Sons Limited
31-Aug-1944
Five-pound Note (British Linen Bank)
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Waterlow & Sons Limited
01-Jul-1943
Twenty-five drachma Note (Greece)
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Bank of Greece
10-Aug-1944
Image Not Available for Five Cents (Ceylon)
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1892
Five-Pound Note (Printer's Proof: Banking Company in Aberdeen)
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William Home Lizars
c. 1850