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1 Sol Date version
| Issuer | French Republic (Première République) |
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| Year | 1793 |
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| Value | 1 Sol (1/20 LT) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | LIBERTE EGALITE 1 S. T 1793 (Translation: Liberty, Equality 1 S (Sol)) |
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The 1 Sol of 1793 was struck during one of the most violently unstable years in French political history — the execution of Louis XVI in January, the Terror accelerating through the summer, and the Committee of Public Safety consolidating power by autumn. Republican coinage had to assert legitimacy fast, and these copper sols circulated aggressively in daily commerce at a moment when public confidence in French currency was, to put it mildly, fragile. Assignats were collapsing in value, making physical copper more trusted than paper by ordinary citizens.
The "Date version" designation distinguishes this from die variants where the date placement or numeral style differs — a distinction Gadoury documents carefully at Gad#19.