France, Fifth Republic (1959 - ), Paris mint, engraver: Louis-Oscar Roty, 1967 AD.,
5 Francs (29 mm / 11,87 g), 0.835 silver, 12,00 g theor. mint weight, mintage 702?305, axis coin alignment ?? (180°), lettered edge,
Obv.: REPUBLIQUE - FRANÇAISE / O. Roty , "La Semeuse" (the Sower) walking left.
Rev.: LIBERTE · EGALITE · FRATERNITE . // 5 / FRANCS / 1967 , value above a wheat, an oak and an olive spring, year below; privy marks cornucopia (Paris mint, France (600-1973)) and owl (Raymond Joly, General coin engraver, Paris (1958-1974)) flanking value numeral.
Edge: in relief: I * LIBERTE I * EGALITE I * FRATERNITE
KM 926 .
Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
1959 owl F. 340/3 - 5 of the small vintage - pre-series, without the word "ESSAI", strikes with a wide listel
1959 owl 4?000 0.6 owl mark; Specimen, big 5
1959 owl owl mark; Specimen, small 5
1960 owl 55?082?000
1961 owl 15?630?000
1962 owl 42?500?000
1963 owl 37?936?000
1964 owl 32?403?600
1965 owl 5?156?000
1966 owl 5?017?171
1967 owl 702?305
1968 owl 357?000
1969 owl 504?050