| First restoration - 3 May 1814 to 20 March 1815 |
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The Comte de Provence, brother of Louis XVI,
is crowned King of France |
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| 20 francs |
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Engraver P-J.Thiollier
Workshops : A.Paris/K.Bordeaux/L.Bayonne/P.Perpignan/W.Lille |
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| 100 Days period - 20 March 1815 to 22 June 1815 |
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1st March, return of Napoleon
18 June 1815, Waterloo
15 July 1815, sails to Saint Helena |
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| 20 francs |
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Napoleon Emperor laurel crown
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Engraver Droz et Tiolliez
Workshops : A.Paris/L.Bayonne/W.Lille |
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| 20 francs |
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Louis XVIII clothed bust
minted in London 1815
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| Engravers Wyon |
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| Second restoration - 22 June 1815 to 24 February 1848 |
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| Louis XVIII returns to the throne |
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| 20 francs |
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Louis XVIII bare bust 1818
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| 40 francs |
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Louis XVIII bare bust 1818
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Workshops : A.Paris/B.Rouen/K.Bordeaux/L.Bayonne/
Q.Perpignan/W.Lille/MA.Marseille |
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16 September 1824 - Death of Louis XVIII
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| His brother, the Comte d’Artois, succeeds him as Charles X |
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| 20 francs |
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| 40 francs |
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Engravers Michaut et ThiollierWyon
Workshops : A.Paris/Q.Perpignan/T.Nantes/W.Lille
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| 2 August 1830 - Abdication of Charles X |
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| His cousin Louis-Philippe, Duc d’Orleans, succeeds him |
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| 20 francs |
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Louis Philippe bare-headed 1830/31
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| 20 francs |
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Louis Philippe laurel crown 1832/48
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| 40 francs |
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Louis Philippe laurel crown 1831/39
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Engraver Tiollier
Workshops : A.Paris/B.Rouen/L.Bayonne/T.Nantes/W.Lille |
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| Second Republic - 1848 to 1852 |
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24 February 1848, the republic is proclaimed.
2 December 1851, coup d’état of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. |
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| 20 francs |
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Type Genius by Dupré 1 1848/49
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| 20 francs |
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Type Cérès by Merley 1849/51
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| 20 francs |
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Louis Napoléon Bonaparte bare-headed 1852
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| 10 francs |
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Type Cérès by Merley 1850/51
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| Second Empire - 1852 to 1871 |
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Louis Napoleon Bonaparte becomes Emperor, as Napoleon III.
15 July 1870, war with Prussia.
2 September 1870, capitulation at Sedan. |
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| 5 francs |
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Napoleon III bare-headed
small format 14.4 mm
1854/55
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| 5 francs |
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Napoleon III bare-headed
large format 16.7 mm
1856/60
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Napoleon III laurel crown
large format
1862/69
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| 10 francs |
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Napoleon III bare-headed
small format 17,2 mm
1854/55
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Napoleon III bare-headed
large format 19 mm
1855/60
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Napoleon III laurel crown
large format 19 mm
1861/69
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| 20 francs |
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Napoleon III bare-headed 1862/69
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Napoleon III laurel crown 1852/60
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| 50 francs |
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Napoleon III bare-headed 1855/59
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Napoleon III laurel crown 1862/69
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| 100 francs |
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Napoleon III bare-headed 1855/60
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Napoleon III laurel crown 1862/70
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| Third republic - 1871 to 1940 |
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Proclamation of the third republic.
Only the Paris workshop remains active. |
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| 10 francs |
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Type Cérès by Merley 1 1895/1899
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Type Marianne by Chaplain 1899/1914
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| 20 francs |
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Type Genius by Dupré 1871/1898
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Type Marianne by Chaplain 1899/1914
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Same type with
«Dieu protège la France»
on the edge.
1899/1906
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Same type with
«Liberté - Egalité - Fraternité»
on the edge.
1907/1914
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| 50 francs |
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Type Genius by Dupré 1878/1904
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| 100 francs |
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Type Genius
edge «Dieu protège la France»
by Duprez 1878/1906
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Edge «Liberté - Egalité - Fraternité»
1907/1914
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Type wearing winged cap by Bazor
1935/1936
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