Description:
French bronze 10 centimes, 1902
Diameter 30mm
The obverse features Marianne facing right and wearing the Phrygian, or liberty, cap with an olive branch attached. The inscription reads, 'REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE' and the name of the designer, Daniel-Dupuis, is at the base of the bust. The reverse features a design known as 'La Republique Protegeant l'Enfance' by Daniel-Dupuis. The female personification of the Republic is seated wearing a helmet surmounted by a cockerel. In her left hand she holds an olive branch, her right arm is placed around a child and in her right hand she holds a spear with the French flag hanging from the shaft. The child is seated and holds a shaft of wheat in its right hand to symbolise agriculture and a hammer in its left hand to symbolise industry. The motto 'LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE', 'Liberty Equality Brotherhood', is inscribed around the outside. The Parisian Privy Mark of a torch signifying the Engraver General is to the right and the cornucopia signifying the Mint Director is to the left. The date is below and the name of 'Daniel-Dupuis' is between the date and the cornucopia to the bottom left. The denomination, abbrevated to '10c', appears on a scroll to the right.