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50 Francs

Issuer Trésorerie Nationale
Year 1796
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Obverse description Plain typeset document format on aged paper, with the issuer's name 'Trésorerie Nationale' printed in two lines at upper left within a ruled border. The body of the note carries a lengthy letterpress text in French referencing the Arrêté du Directoire exécutif du 21 Nivôse, An IV, specifying payment of fifty francs in valeur métallique from the proceeds of the Emprunt forcé or national forest sales. Two manuscript signatures appear at lower centre and lower right, with a handwritten serial number and manuscript date completing the document.
Obverse lettering Trésorerie Nationale
RESCRIPTION délivrée en exécution de l'Arrêté du Directoire exécutif du 21 Nivôse, an IV.
Au Serait du mois de Floréal prochain, il sera payé au porteur la somme de Cinquante francs, valeur métallique, sur les produits de l'Emprunt forcé de l'an 4.e, ou sur ceux de la vente des Forêts nationales au-dessous de trois cents arpens.
La présente Rescription sera reçue pour comptant dans toutes les Caisses nationales.
Paris, le — de l'an 4.e de la République française.
pour Le Caissier des Recettes de la Trésorerie nationale,
BON pour 50. francs.
Reverse description The reverse is plain, left unprinted, consistent with the documentary emission style of Directoire-era treasury rescriptions.
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