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10 Centimes à la massue, pattern
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1794 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse description | A serpent coiled around a club (massue) surmounted by a fasces or beam, the ensemble serving as allegorical emblems of union, strength, and prudence respectively. The design is rendered in low relief against a plain field. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE runs along the upper periphery. The composition is characteristic of the experimental Republican coinage proposals of the early French Revolutionary period. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE |
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The massue ("club") reverse design was one of several experimental types explored during the turbulent monetary reorganization of Year II of the Republic, as the Convention struggled to establish a coherent decimal coinage while the country was simultaneously at war on multiple fronts and the assignat was collapsing. This piece never entered circulation — it remained a pattern, one of the casualties of that indecision.
The Mazard R3 rarity rating reflects genuine scarcity, not collector inflation. Very few examples are traceable across major auction records.