2 Sols Monneron Freres

€26,418.00
LocationFrance
Year1791
TypeEmergency merchant token
CompositionBronze
Weight17.95 g
Diameter32 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
Edge
PeriodFirst Republic (1792-1804)
Reference(s) KM#Tn23
Obverse descriptionFreedom sitting on the left, supported by the Declaration of Human Rights: RIGHTS / OF / HUMAN / ARTIC. / V. She holds a pike topped with a Phrygian cap; behind a rooster on a column.
Obverse letteringLIBERTE SOUS LA LOI L`AN III DE LA LIBERTE.
(Translation: FREEDOM - UNDER THE LAW / IN EXERCISE THE YEAR III OF THE / FREEDOM.)
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionSix line inscription and date within inner circle
Reverse lettering· MONNERON FRERES NEGOCIANS A PARIS MEDAILLE / DE CONFIANCE / DE DEUX SOLS A / ECHANGER CONTRE / DES ASSIGNATS DE / 50L. ET AU DESSUS / 1791
(Translation: MEDAL / OF TRUST / OF DEUX SOLS TO / EXCHANGE FOR / ASSIGNATES OF / 50 AND ABOVE / 1791.)
Reverse scriptLatin
MintSoho Mint, Handsworth, England (1788-1850)
Mintage1791  - (fr) An III -
Catalog ID4906236940
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