Live auction - bry_1063105 - REVOLUTION COINAGE / CONFIANCE (MONNAIES DE…) Monneron de 2 sols à la Liberté 1791 Birmingham, Soho
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| Estimate : | 130 € |
| Price : | 360 € |
| Maximum bid : | 360 € |
| End of the sale : | 21 October 2025 16:16:30 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Monneron de 2 sols à la Liberté
Date: 1791
Mint name / Town : Birmingham, Soho
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 17,74 g.
Edge : inscrite en creux .BON POUR BORD MARSEIL. LYON ROUEN. NANT ET STRASB.
Coments on the condition:
Monneron frappé sur un flan large et régulier. Petites taches vertes et patine homogène. Légères rayures dans les champs. Hauts reliefs bien venus à la frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LIBERTÉ - SOUS LA LOI.
Obverse description : Liberté assise à gauche, appuyée sur la Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme ; à l'exergue :L'AN III. DE LA / LIBERTÉ, sur la table de la loi : DROITS / DE / L'HOMME / ARTIC. / V..
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONNERON FRERES NEGOCIANS A PARIS..
Reverse description : en sept lignes : MEDAILLE / DE CONFIANCE / DE DEUX SOLS A / ECHANGER CONTRE / DES ASSIGNATS DE / 50L ET AU DESSUS / 1791.
Commentary
Variété avec 50L.
Variety with 50L
Variety with 50L
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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