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1.000 Livres
| Issuer | Caisse d'Escompte |
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| Year | 1790-1793 |
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| Currency | Livre tournois (768-1794) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is arranged around a central text panel bearing the obligation 'BON pour la somme de MILLE livres, payable à vue au porteur, EN ASSIGNATS, valeur reçue comptant,' with a manuscript date reading 'A Paris le 3 Novembre 1791.' A bold guilloche-bordered panel at the top carries the denomination 'MILLE' in large letterpress type, flanked by corner letters and scroll vignettes, while allegorical standing figures are engraved in the lateral borders. The lower portion bears the institution name 'Caisse d'Escompte' in a decorative cartouche, manuscript administrative signatures, a control number, and an oval tax stamp. |
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| Reverse lettering | Signé, paraphé, et visé du présent, par nous en présence des témoins commis à des, à la vérité paru au Comité de fabrication et de surveillance le 6 et 9 8bre 1792 Le Cte de la République française Bonnevie com Le Compteur |
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| Protection description | Elaborate lathe-work guilloche underprint on reverse; oval tax/authentication stamp on obverse reading EXTRAORDINAIRE / LA LOI & LE ROI / RF DE COMM / ACQ COMPT |
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