bry_414360 - REVOLUTION COINAGE / CONFIANCE (MONNAIES DE…) 5 sols Lefèvre Lesage et Cie 1792 Paris
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : 5 sols Lefèvre Lesage et Cie
Date: 1792
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,77 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan légèrement irrégulier. Patine hétérogène. Taches jaunes
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEFEVRE LESAGE ET COMPIE NGT A PARIS / 1792.
Obverse description : Deux cornes d’abondance renversées et croisées, attachées à une pique sommée d’un bonnet de la liberté ; autour une couronne de chêne.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ET AU DESSUS L’AN 4 ME DE LA LIBERTE.
Reverse description : en six lignes dans le champ : B.P. / 5 SOLS / PAYABLE / EN / ASSIGNATS / DE 50.
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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