v09_1499 - REVOLUTION COINAGE / CONFIANCE (MONNAIES DE…) Monneron de 2 sols à l'Hercule 1792 Birmingham, Soho
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 1 143.37 €
Estimate : 1 676.94 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 1 143.37 €
Estimate : 1 676.94 €
unsold lot
Type : Monneron de 2 sols à l'Hercule
Date: 1792
Mint name / Town : Birmingham, Soho
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 13,46 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cette pièce de 2 sols présente un très haut relief au droit et au revers. Le flan de cet exemplaire est très large et régulier. Très jolie patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : LA SAGESSE GUIDE SA FORCE.
Obverse description : Hercule brisant le sceptre royal, une couronne brisée à ses pieds ; à l'exergue, en deux lignes : LA FIN DU / DESPOTISME.
Reverse
Reverse legend : REVOLUTION FRANÇAISE. - 1792.
Reverse description : au centre, légende en six lignes : MEDAILLE / QUI SE VEND / DEUX-SOLS / A PARIS CHEZ / MONNERON / (PATENTÉ).
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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