v54_0249 - REVOLUTION COINAGE / CONFIANCE (MONNAIES DE…) 18 deniers 1792 Paris
MONNAIES 54 (2012)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 438.00 €
Number of bids : 9
Maximum bid : 455.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 438.00 €
Number of bids : 9
Maximum bid : 455.00 €
Type : 18 deniers
Date: 1792
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : billon
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,40 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cette pièce est frappée sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Faiblesse de frappe au revers. Tache au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIXIEME. D'ARGENT. FIN, À L'EXERGUE L'AN 4 DE LA / LIBERTE’.
Obverse description : Deux faisceaux de licteur posés en sautoir sur une pique sommée d'un bonnet phrygien ; 18 - D en accostement.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CAISSE POPULAIRE ETABLIE. A PARIS. / 1792.
Reverse description : *PIECE* / DE CONFIANCE A / ECHANGER E[T] / ASSIGNATS DE 50# / ET AU-DESSUS / *, en six lignes dans le champ.
Historical background
REVOLUTION COINAGE / CONFIANCE (MONNAIES DE…)
(1791-1793)
The Monneron Brothers made in England by Matthew Boulton, thanks to Watt's steam engine, coins of 2 and 5 sols in large quantities in the workshop of Soho in Birmingham, from the end of the year 1791. These emergency coins should have made up for the monetary shortage that reigned in France and their technical and aesthetic quality was far superior to the mediocre contemporary official productions in base metals. In March 1792, the Monnerons went bankrupt and Pierre fled. His brother Augustin took over the business, but a law of May 3, 1792 prohibited the manufacture of private coins. In September, a decree prohibits the marketing of trust coins. These coins of necessity circulated in fact until the end of 1793.
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