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bry_1132746 - REVOLUTION COINAGE / CONFIANCE (MONNAIES DE…) Monneron de 2 sols à la Liberté 1791 Birmingham, Soho

REVOLUTION COINAGE / CONFIANCE (MONNAIES DE…) Monneron de 2 sols à la Liberté 1791 Birmingham, Soho AU/AU
130.00 €(Approx. 145.60$ | 109.20£)
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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 : 17,97 g.
Edge : inscrite en creux .BON POUR BORD MARSEIL. LYON ROUEN. NANT ET STRASB.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monneron frappé sur un flan large et régulier. Traces de rouge de frappe sur les eux faces. Fines rayures et micro chocs dans les champs. Quelques usures sur l’avers. Patine marron sombre homogène. Hauts reliefs très bien venus à la frappe
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Obverse


Obverse legend : LIBERTE - SOUS LA LOI / À L'EXERGUE L'AN III DE LA / LIBERTE.
Obverse description : Liberté assise à gauche, appuyée sur la Déclaration des droits de l'Homme : DROITS / DE / L'HOMME / ARTIC. / V. Elle tient une pique surmontée d'un bonnet phrygien ; derrière un coq sur une colonne.

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

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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