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Assignat collection, 1791-1793.
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Collection Overview

Title:

Assignat collection, 1791-1793

Creator/Contributor:

France, Assemblée nationale constituante (1789-1791)

Abstract:

Collection of 6 individual assignats in various amounts and one uncut sheet of 20 assignats in the amount of 50 sols from 1793; watermarks and embossing in the center of each specimen. A specimen from 1791 includes a cameo portrait of Louis XVI.

Date:

1791 (issued)

Subject:

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Assignats -- Specimens
Paper money -- France -- Specimens
Assignats -- Spécimens
Assignats
Economics
Paper money
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Economic aspects
France
XVI, King of France -- Louis -- 1754-1793 -- Portraits
XVI, King of France -- Louis -- 1754-1793

Note:

Assignats were notes issued as paper currency in France (1789-1796) by the revolutionary government and secured by confiscated lands.

Type:

History.
Portraits.
Specimens.

Physical Description:

print
1 folder (6 items) and 1 oversize folder (1 item)

Language:

French

Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined