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6 Deniers - Louis XVI 'FRANÇOIS'
| Issuer | French Royal Mint (Monnaie de Paris) |
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| Year | 1792-1793 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier Reverse: Augustin Dupré |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A vertical fasces (lictor's bundle of rods), a Revolutionary symbol of civic authority and unity, is depicted centrally in the field, flanked on either side by leafy oak branches forming a wreath-like frame. The denomination '6 D.' appears in the middle field to the left of the fasces. The circular legend LA NATION LA LOI LE ROI runs around the upper portion of the coin, with L'AN 5 DE LA LIBERTÉ (Year 5 of Liberty) completing the inscription in the lower portion, referencing the Revolutionary calendar dating from 1789. |
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Authorized by the Legislative Assembly in June 1791, the "François" coinage was part of a deliberate constitutional rebranding — Louis was redesignated "Louis XVI, King of the French" rather than "King of France," a distinction loaded with political meaning as sovereignty shifted nominally to the nation. The dies were prepared accordingly, and minting began across multiple provincial facilities as the monarchy lurched toward its final crisis.
Production ran into the regicide. Striking continued into early 1793 at some mints even after Louis was guillotined on January 21st, making certain mint-marked examples technically posthumous issues struck under a republic that had already abolished the institution they depicted.