Description

France Modern Republics.

Decimal coinage.

1898 Fifty Centimes.

Obverse: Figure sowing seeds.

Legend: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. (French Republic).

Engraver: Louis-Oscar Roty.

Reverse: Leafy branch divides date and denomination.

Legend: LIBERTE·EGALITE·FRATERNITE

Paris mint, 30,000,000.

Silver, 0.835, 0.0671 0z. ASW, 2.50g.

Diameter, 18.1mm, edge milled.

Catalogue: KM# 854.

Grade: aUNC, good luster.