1796 Year 5 Dupre Republic of France 5 Centimes - Revolutionary Coins of France - Alexandre Roëttiers de Montaleau, Monnaie de Paris

Issuer France Issuing regime First Republic (1792-1804) Type Standard circulation coins Years 5-9 (1796-1800) Calendar French republican Value 5 Centimes (0.05) Currency Franc (1795-1959) Composition Copper Weight 10 g Diameter 28 mm Thickness 2 mm Shape Round Technique Milled The Directoire was the form of government used by the First French Republic, from October 26, 1795 to November 9, 1799. It took its name from the five Directors holding executive power. Set up by moderate republicans following the Thermidorian Convention, the bourgeois-inspired regime was marked by the re-establishment of censal suffrage to elect the two legislative chambers, the Conseil des Cinq-Cents and the Conseil des Anciens. Faced with misery and attempts at destabilization, the Directoire, accused of being a "bourgeois republic", reverted to revolutionary and police measures In November 1799, it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the Consulate. In mainstream his