v25_1320 - REVOLUTION COINAGE / CONFIANCE (MONNAIES DE…) Module de 5 sols au faisceau et au niveau n.d.
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 200.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 200.00 €
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 200.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 200.00 €
Type : Module de 5 sols au faisceau et au niveau
Date: n.d.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 35,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 16,31 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Cet exemplaire est frappé sur un flan large et régulier et présente de petites taches. Frottements après le mot DROIT
Obverse
Obverse legend : VIVRE LIBRE OU MOURIR.
Obverse description : Faisceau sommé d’un bonnet phrygien ; au-dessous une fleur de lis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LA LOI - LE DROIT.
Reverse description : 1792 / (niveau), en deux lignes dans le champ dans un cercle ovale.
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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