Live auction - bry_717180 - REVOLUTION COINAGE / CONFIANCE (MONNAIES DE…) Essai de Galle à la liberté de poids lourd 1792 (MDCCXCII) Lyon
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 500 € |
| Maximum bid : | 500 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 March 2022 17:26:48 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Essai de Galle à la liberté de poids lourd
Date: 1792 (MDCCXCII)
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : bell metal
Diameter : 39 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 43,09 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Cet essai est frappé sur un flan large et régulier laissant apparaître une partie des grènetis extérieurs. Petite tache à 9 heures au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LIBERTE FRANÇOISE.
Obverse description : Buste de la Liberté à gauche devant une pique sommée d’un bonnet de la Liberté ; au-dessous L’AN I. DE LA. R. F. ; GALLE sur le tranche du cou.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ‘A LA / CONVENTION / NATIONALE / PAR LES / ARTISTES REUNIS / DE LYON. / - / PUR METAL / DE CLOCHE / FRAPPE EN / MDCCXCII.
Reverse description : en 11 lignes dans le champ dans une couronne formée de deux branches de chênes nouées par un ruban.
Commentary
Cet essai “à la liberté Française” reprend le sujet de la médaille de Dupré pour l’avènement des États-Unis d’Amérique. L’effigie sera reprise sur les monnaies américaines pour la Libertas Americana.
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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