bry_757467 - LOUIS XVI 12 deniers dit "au faisceau", type FRANÇOIS 1792 Paris
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Type : 12 deniers dit "au faisceau", type FRANÇOIS
Date: 1792
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : bell metal
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,46 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Cette pièce de 12 deniers est frappée sur un flan court avec un paillage à 7 heures au droit. Reliefs plus nets au droit qu’au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANCOIS (MM).
Obverse description : Grand buste de Louis XVI drapé à gauche, tête nue, les cheveux noués dans le cou par un ruban ; DUVIVIER sur la tranche du buste ; au-dessous la lettre d'atelier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (MG) LA N[ATION LA L]OI LE ROI / 1792. 4. DE LA LIB..
Reverse description : Faisceau sommé d'un bonnet phrygien entre deux branches de chêne ; de part et d'autre 12 - D..
Commentary
Exemplaire de poids extrêmement faible (6,46 g) qui pourrait laisser penser à une 12 deniers frappée par erreur sur un flan de 6 deniers (poids théorique de 6,12 g), toutefois l’atelier monétaire de Paris n’a jamais frappé de pièce de 6 deniers. Avant d’être mises en circulation, les monnaies de cuivre ou de métal de cloche étaient pesées en sac, ainsi certaines étaient lourdes et d’autres légères.
An extremely light example (6.46 g) which could suggest a 12 denier coin struck by mistake on a 6 denier blank (theoretical weight of 6.12 g), however the Paris mint never struck a 6 denier coin. Before being put into circulation, copper or bell metal coins were weighed in bags, so some were heavy and others light
An extremely light example (6.46 g) which could suggest a 12 denier coin struck by mistake on a 6 denier blank (theoretical weight of 6.12 g), however the Paris mint never struck a 6 denier coin. Before being put into circulation, copper or bell metal coins were weighed in bags, so some were heavy and others light
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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