v11_1470 - REVOLUTION COINAGE / CONFIANCE (MONNAIES DE…) Essai à la Pyramide, module de 2 sols 1792 Birmingham, Soho
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
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Estimate : 426.86 €
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Starting price : 274.41 €
Estimate : 426.86 €
unsold lot
Type : Essai à la Pyramide, module de 2 sols
Date: 1792
Mint name / Town : Birmingham, Soho
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,88 g.
Edge : LA. CONFIANCE. AUGMENTE. LA VALEUR
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Cet essai des reliefs très nets au droit ainsi qu’une jolie patine foncée. Le seul défaut tient à un petit coup à droite de la pyramide
Obverse
Obverse legend : LA SAGESSE GUIDE SA FORCE.
Obverse description : Hercule brisant le sceptre royal, une couronne brisée à ses pieds ; à l'exergue, en deux lignes : LA FIN DU / DESPOTISME.
Reverse
Reverse legend : RESPUBLICA GALLICA ANNO. 1MO..
Reverse description : Pyramide ; sous un trait d'exergue ÆRE PERENNIUS / 1792 en deux lignes.
Reverse translation : (Première année de la république gauloise).
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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