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500 Livres Assignat
| Issuer | Caisse de l'Extraordinaire, France |
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| Year | 1790-1791 |
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| Currency | Livre tournois (987-1795) |
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| Obverse description | Upper left corner bears a circular vignette with a right-facing bust portrait of Louis XVI within a wreathed frame, signed GATTEAUX below; upper right corner contains a circular cartouche with three fleurs-de-lis surmounted by a laurel wreath. The body of the note carries two principal text blocks in letterpress: an upper panel with the decree authorization text referencing the Assemblée Nationale and the Royal sanction, and a lower panel with the payment obligation to the bearer, flanked by two rectangular value cartouches bearing the denomination 500 in mirror arrangement at lower left and right. |
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| Obverse lettering | ASSIGNAT DE LA CREATION DU 29 SEPTEMBRE 1790. DOMAINES NATIONAUX Hypothéqués au remboursement des ASSIGNATS par le décret de l'ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE des 16 et 17 Avril 1790, sanctioné par le ROI. ASSIGNAT DE Cinq Cents liv. Il sera payé au Porteur la somme de cinq cents livres à la Caisse de l'Extraordinaire, conformément aux décrets des 16 et 17 Avril et 29 Septembre 1790. CINQ CENTS GATTEAUX 500₶ LOUIS XVI. ROI DES FRANCOIS. LA LOI ET LE ROI. CINQ CENTS LIVRES |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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