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1799, France (1st Republic/Directory). Large Bronze Decime Coin. Lyon mint!

Condition: VF
Mint Place: Lyon (D)
Mint Year: 1798/1799 (L'AN 7)
Denomination: One Decime (10 Centimes).
Reference: Gadoury 187, KM-644.5. (7th Year of the Revolution).
Weight: 17.58gm
Material: Bronze
Diameter: 33mm

Obverse: Female bust (personification of the French Republic), wearing phrygian cap of Liberty left.
Legend: REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE

Reverse: Denomination and Year (of the Revolution), flanked by privy marks. All within wreath.
Legend: UND DÉCIME. L'AN 7. D

The Directory (French: Directoire) was a body of five directors that held executive power in France following the National Convention and preceding the Consulate. The period of this regime (2 November 1795 until 10 November 1799), commonly known as the Directory era, constitutes the second to last stage of the French Revolution. The Directory era itself is further split into two periods, the First Directory and the Second Directory, divided by the Coup of 18 Fructidor. Directoire style refers to the Neoclassical styles in the decorative arts and fashion that characterize the period. The directorial system of government was borrowed by several French client republics and is still used in modern Switzerland.

The French First Republic (French: Republique française) was founded on 22 September 1792, by the newly established National Convention. The First Republic lasted until the declaration of the First French Empire in 1804 under Napoleon. This period is characterized by the fall of the monarchy, the establishment of the National Convention and the infamous Reign of Terror, the founding of the Directory and the Thermidorian Reaction, and finally, the creation of the Consulate and Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power.