E-auction 55-24590 - bry_269800 - REVOLUTION COINAGE / CONFIANCE (MONNAIES DE…) Essai pour le type conventionnel, module de 27 mm 1792 Paris
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | 185 € |
| Maximum bid : | 251 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 May 2014 17:05:30 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Essai pour le type conventionnel, module de 27 mm
Date: 1792
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : bell metal
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,78 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Obverse
Obverse legend : *REGNE DE LA LOI. * /, À L’EXERGUE : REPUBLIQUE / FRANCAISE..
Obverse description : Génie de la Liberté gravant la CONSTI/TUTION posée sur un cippe, signé Dupré, accosté d'un bonnet phrygien et d'un niveau.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIÈCE / D’ESSAI. / - / 1792..
Reverse description : en quatre lignes, dans une couronne de chêne.
Commentary
Variété avec deux étoiles au droit et frappe monnaie (6 h.).
Variety with two stars on the obverse and coin strike (6 h.)
Variety with two stars on the obverse and coin strike (6 h.)
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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