Assignat métallique de Cinq livres 1791
Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Constitutional Monarchy (1791-1792)
|
| Type | Emergency coinage |
| Year | 1791 |
| Value | 5 Livres (5 LT) |
| Currency | Livre tournois (1204-1795) |
| Composition | Cardboard |
| Weight | 19 g |
| Diameter | 38.7 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Number | N# 538583 |
| References | Hennin# 339 Michel Hennin; 1826. Histoire numismatique de la Révolution française: ou description raisonnée des médailles, monnaies, et autres monumens numismatiques relatifs aux affaires de la France depuis l'ouverture des Etats généraux jusqu'à l'établissement du gouvernement consulaire = Numismatic History of the French Revolution. J. S. Merlin, Paris, France. Jean Mazard. Histoire monétaire et numismatique contemporaine 1790-1967. Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles, Paris, France (2 volumes). Victor Guilloteau. Monnaies françaises (Guilloteau). Paris, France (2 volumes). |
Obverse
Nude head of Louis XVI, on the right, hair tied with a ribbon at the nape of the neck.
Lettering:
• LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANÇOIS •
1791
Reverse
Laurel wreath surrounding the face value.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
HYPOTHÉQUÉ SUR LES BIENS NATIONAUX • ASSIGNAT DE 5 # •
LA FRANCE SAUVÉE
CINQ
LIVRES
Edge
Registrations
Script: Latin
Lettering: LA LOI ET LE ROI / • LA NATION ••
Comments
Engraving on cardboard, set in a bell metal crown. Extremely rare, with fewer than 10 known examples.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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