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Assignat collection, 1791-1793.
BANC MSS 2004/395 z; BANC MSS 2004/395 z oversize folder 1
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Title:
Assignat collection, 1791-1793Creator/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:
e-fr---XVI, King of France -- Louis -- 1754-1793 -- Portraits
XVI, King of France -- Louis -- 1754-1793
Revolution (France : 1789-1799)
Assignats -- Specimens
Paper money -- France -- Specimens
Assignats
Economics
Paper money
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Economic aspects
France
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
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2004/395 z
BANC MSS 2004/395 z oversize folder 1