1791, France (1st Republic). Nice Medallic 2 Sols Coin. Provisional Token Coin!
Design: Rambert Dumarest Mint Place: Soho Mint (England) Reference: Mazard 152, KM-Tn235. Denomination: 2 Sols (Token Coinage) Mint Year: 1791 (Year 3 of the Revolution). Condition: Numerous contact-marks and small edge-hits, otheriwse a nice XF! Weight: 18.14gm Material: Bronze Diameter: 32mm
Obverse: Seated female figure representing France in the guise of Liberty surrounded by symbols of the Revolution. Comment: Her left arm is leaning on a tablet representing the Declaration of the Rights of Man: the tablet bears the inscription ("DROITS DE L'HOMME ARTIC. V." - Rights of Man, Article 5.) In her right hand is a spear surmounted by a Phrygian cap and on a pillar behind her is a rooster. Exergue: L'AN III . DE LA LIBERTE - ("3rd Year of Liberty (e.g. 3rd year of the Revolution)). Legend: LIBERTE SOUS LA LOI - ("Liberty under the law")
Reverse: Inscription in sixlines. Inscripution: MEDAILLE DE CONFIANCE DE DEUX SOLS A ECHANGER CONTRE DES ASSIGNATS DE 50L ET AUDESSUS 1791 Translated: "Medal of confidence of two sols, to be exchanged for assignats of 50 livres or above, 1791" Legend: MONNERON FRERES NEGOCIANS A PARIS . ("Monneron Brothers, merchants of Paris.")^
Edge: BON POUR BORD MARSEIL. LYON ROUEN NANT ET STRASB. Translated: "Good for Bordeaux, Marseilles, Lyon, Rouen, Nantes and Strasbourg."
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Les Frères Monneron ("The Monneron Brothers") was built up in England by Matthew Boulton, thanks to the steam engine of James Watt, producing 2 and 5 sols coins in great quantities in the Soho factory in Birmingham from the end of 1791.
These pieces of necessity money eased the coinage shortage then current in France and their technical and aesthetic quality was much superiour to mediocre base metal issues produced by official sources.
In March 1792, the Monnerons went bankrupt and Pierre fled. His brother Augustin took over the business, but a law of 3 May 1792 forbade the production of money by private concerns. In September a decree forbade the commercialisation of confidence-coins. These necessity coins were in circulation until the end of 1793.
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