v09_1520 - REVOLUTION COINAGE / CONFIANCE (MONNAIES DE…) Essai au bonnet de Brézin 1792
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
Realised price : 125.77 €
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
Realised price : 125.77 €
Type : Essai au bonnet de Brézin
Date: 1792
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,87 g.
Edge : Lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Les reliefs sont très nets au droit et au revers ; cet essai est recouvert d'une jolie patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : *LIBERTE - EGALITE*.
Obverse description : Triangle sous un bonnet, entre deux branches de chêne ; sous un trait d'exergue L'AN IER DE LA / REPUB. FRAN.
Reverse
Reverse legend : *JNVENTEE PAR BREZIN A PARIS* / 1792.
Reverse description : PIECE / FRAPPÉE PAR / LE MOYEN DE / LA VIROLLE, en quatre 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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