bry_963135 - REVOLUTION COINAGE / CONFIANCE (MONNAIES DE…) Monneron de 5 sols au serment 1792
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Type : Monneron de 5 sols au serment
Date: 1792
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 39,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 27,43 g.
Edge : en creux * DEPARTEMENS DE PARIS, RHONE ET LOIRE, GARD &c
Coments on the condition:
Monneron frappé sur un flan régulier et recouvert d’une patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : VIVRE LIBRES OU MOURIR / 14 JUILLET 1790.
Obverse description : Dans un médaillon, cérémonie du Pacte fédératif.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONNERON FRERES NEGOCIANS A PARIS/ 1792 // MEDAILLE DE CONFIANCE DE CINQ-SOLS REMBOURSABLE EN ASSIGNATS DE 50# ET AU-DESSUS. / L'AN IV DE LA LIBERTE.
Reverse description : légende circulaire ; en neuf lignes.
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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