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10 Sous Assignat

Issuer République Française (French Republic)
Year 1793
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Currency Livre tournois (987-1795)
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Obverse description Central vignette presents two allegorical female figures flanking a Liberty cap atop a pole, with fasces columns forming the lateral borders of the note. A triangular cartouche at the base encloses the numeral '10', and two circular coin-type medallions appear in the background. The layout is framed by a decorative border with rosette corner ornaments, the entire design executed in letterpress.
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Reverse description Reverse is unprinted and shows the show-through impression of the obverse letterpress text and vignette elements in mirror image. Two embossed dry-stamp seals are visible, one at lower left and one at lower right, serving as authentication marks applied at the time of issue.
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Protection description Two embossed dry-stamp seals applied to the reverse at lower left and lower right as official authentication marks at the time of issue.
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