France 20 Centimes, 1878 – 1889

20 Centimes from France. Issued from 1878 to 1889. Struck in Silver (.835). Measures 16 mm and weighs 1 g.

Obverse

Head of the Republic on the left as Ceres, goddess of the harvest, wearing a pearl necklace, a double bun and a composite crown of wheat, olive and olives, oak and acorns, tied with a ribbon descending on the neck and passing on the forehead where the word CONCOR is inscribed.

Reverse

In two lines in the field, above the vintage, in a composite crown of two oak branches and two laurel branches, tied two by two at the bottom by a ribbon under the knot the letter of workshop A

Edge

Reeded