Moneta
Registered: August 2005
Location: Arizona USA
Posts: 2,365
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These present some iconic images associated with the French Revolution: Fasces, Liberty cap, flags and cannon. These are central pieces to the Monnaies De Confiance series of necessity tokens, in the face of near worthless paper assignats several tokens were issued for various reasons, not least of which were to pay employees. These were crudely struck in Lyon from brass and copper, this is the copper issue. See here also a much more worn brass issue. Also see the Monneron Brothers for the bulk of this French Revolution series.
OB: CLEMANSON, ET Cp Nvs PLACE CONFORT ALYON (around); LAN VI DELA LIBERTE '- (in exergue)
RX: VIVRE LIBRE OU MOURIR (Live Free or Die, around); MEDAILLE - DE CONFIANCE DE 2 S- A ECHANGER CONTRE DES ASSIGNAT ET- MANDAT DETOUTE VALEUR - M DCC XCII (1792).
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