bry_766155 - REVOLUTION COINAGE / CONFIANCE (MONNAIES DE…) Essai de Brézin Paix et Force 1792 s.l.
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Type : Essai de Brézin Paix et Force
Date: 1792
Mint name / Town : s.l.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 38,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 27,16 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan régulier et large avec un défaut de flan à 6 heures au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : INVENTEE PAR BREZIN A PARIS / (ROSE) 1792 (ROSE).
Obverse description : PIECE / FRAPPÉE PAR / LE MOYEN DE LA / VIROLLE PROPRE / A PERFECTIONNER / LES MONNOYE / - / L’AN Ier DE LA / REPUBLIC.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PAIX ET FORCE.
Reverse description : en trois lignes dans une double couronne de chêne et d'olivier.
Commentary
Exemplaire en étain bronzé peut-être du début du XIXe siècle.
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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