Decime Público Deposited
A copper coin of the first French Revolution, issued in 1794, from dies by Charles Wielandy, a medallist and engraver of Geneva.
When the Franc system was introduced in 1803, the Decime was made the one tenth of the Franc, a position which it nominally still holds, though no longer struck.
The Decime was issued in 1838 for Monaco, and in 1840 for France, as a pattern for a proposed new copper coinage. Mailliet (cii. ciii. 3-6) cites Decimes struck in 1814 and 1815 for Strasburg when blockaded by the allies. A cast Decime was issued for Santo Domingo in 1801. It is of very rude workmanship and bears the reverse inscription in three lines: UN DECIME LAN 8, all of the letters N on both sides being reversed.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)