bry_1096093 - LOUIS XVI 15 sols dit "au génie", type FRANÇOIS 1791 Lille
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Type : 15 sols dit "au génie", type FRANÇOIS
Date: 1791 2e
Mint name / Town : Lille
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 666 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : festonnée losangée
Rarity : R2
Slab
PCGS : AU55
Coments on the condition:
Pièce de 15 sols frappée sur un flan large et régulier présentant des stries d’ajustage sur les deux faces. Patine grise
Predigree :
Monnaie sous coque PCGS AU55, n° 253676.55/54843918 (1er semestre, sic !)
Obverse
Obverse legend : LOUIS XVI ROI - DES FRANCOIS. / 1791.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche de Louis XVI, les cheveux noués par un ruban sur la nuque ; (Mm) sous la tête.
Reverse
Reverse legend : REGNE - DE LA LOI. ; À L'EXERGUE L'AN 3 DE LA / LIBERTÉ..
Reverse description : Génie gravant la Constitution posée sur un autel à droite ; de part et d'autre 15 - SOLS.
Commentary
Variété sans cédille à FRANCOIS et sans point semestriel. Contrairement à ce qui est indiqué sur la coque PCGS, cette monnaie ne peut pas être du premier semestre. Elle est bien du second semestre, mais sans point et a été frappée entre août et septembre 1791 (cf. Clairand, Monnaies royales françaises et de la Révolution (1610-1794), n° 36103, p. 1114-1115.
Variety without a cedilla in FRANCOIS and without a semi-annual dot. Contrary to what is indicated on the PCGS coin, this coin cannot be from the first half of the year. It is indeed from the second half of the year, but without a dot, and was minted between August and September 1791 (cf. Clairand, Monnaies royales françaises et de la Révolution (1610-1794), no. 36103, pp. 1114-1115).
Variety without a cedilla in FRANCOIS and without a semi-annual dot. Contrary to what is indicated on the PCGS coin, this coin cannot be from the first half of the year. It is indeed from the second half of the year, but without a dot, and was minted between August and September 1791 (cf. Clairand, Monnaies royales françaises et de la Révolution (1610-1794), no. 36103, pp. 1114-1115).
Historical background
LOUIS XVI
(05/10/1774-01/21/1793)
The Girondin ministry, formed on March 23, 1792, declared war on April 20 on the King of Bohemia and Hungary, Leopold II. Rouget de Lisle composes the Marseillaise on April 25th. The Fatherland is declared "in danger" on July 11. The Parisians and the Marseillais take the Tuileries and massacre the defenders of the castle, Swiss and noble, the king and his family take refuge near the Assembly. Louis XVI was stripped of his functions and interned in the Temple on August 12. In early September, massacres took place in Parisian prisons, including the Carmelites, and claimed thousands of victims, including the Princess of Lamballe, Marie-Antoinette's friend. Dumouriez and Kellermann won the victory of Valmy over the Prussians on September 20, 1792. The news was quickly known thanks to Chappe's telegraph. The following day, the republic was proclaimed and royalty abolished at the first meeting of the Convention. Dumouriez defeated the Austrians at Jemmapes on November 6 and occupied Brussels. The King's trial begins on December 10. On January 17, he was sentenced to death by a majority vote and was guillotined on January 21, 1793..
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