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5 Livres
| Uitgever | Caisse Patriotique de Lyon |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1793 |
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| Vorm | Rectangular |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Plain cream paper note with a simple typeset layout within a decorative ruled border. The central text reads "Bon pour CINQ Livres" beneath a manuscript serial number, with the clause "A échanger par somme de 400 livres contre Assignats" printed below. A small vignette of a cannon with wheels appears to the right, flanked by the vertical side legends "Siège de Lyon" and denomination indicators "5 L.)" and "(L. 5"; the note bears a handwritten signature in the lower left. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | SUBVENTION CIVIQUE. 5 L.) (L. 5 Siège de Lyon. Nº 14028 Bon pour CINQ Livres A échanger par somme de 400 livres contre Assignats. 5 Liv. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Caisse Patriotique de Lyon was one of dozens of provincial emergency-credit institutions that sprouted across France in the early 1790s to address a severe shortage of small-denomination assignats. These local caisse notes were technically interest-bearing obligations — not currency in the modern sense — but circulated as such out of necessity. Their legal status was always ambiguous, and the Revolutionary government never fully sanctioned them.
1793 was a particularly violent year for Lyon. The city rose against the Jacobin-controlled Convention in May, endured a two-month siege, and was subjected to systematic demolition afterward — the Convention even ordered it renamed "Ville-Affranchie." Notes issued that year may have been redeemed, suppressed, or simply abandoned mid-circulation as the city's institutions collapsed entirely.