1875, France (3rd Republic). Beautiful Large Silver 5 Francs Coin. XF-AU!

Mint Year: 1875 Mint Place: Paris (A) References: KM-820.1. Denomination: 5 Francs Condition: Light contact-marks, minor toning spot in reverse, lightly cleaned, otherwise  XF-AU! Material: Silver (.900) Weight: 25.06gm Diameter: 37mm

Obverse: Hercules flanked by Liberty and Equality. Legend: LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE Exergue: * Dupre *  Reverse: Denomination (5 FRANCS) and date (1875) in wreath, mint initial of Paris  (A) below, flanked by privy marks. Legend: REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE * (privy mark: bee) A (privy mark: anchor)

The French Third Republic (1870-10 July 1940) was the political regime of France between the Second French Empire and the Vichy Regime. It was a republican parliamentary democracy that was created on 4 September 1870 following the collapse of the Empire of Napoleon III in the Franco-Prussian War. It survived until the invasion of France by the German Third Reich in 1940. Adolphe Thiers recognized as "le Libérateur du Territoire", and who rallied himself to the Republic in the 1870s, called republicanism in the 1870s "the form of government that divides France least." The Third Republic was France's longest lasting régime since before the 1789 French Revolution.