France - French Revolution, Hercules & Pyramid 1792

FRANCE: AE 2 sols, 1792, Maz-332A, Reynaud MDC# 8c, Essai Monneron Monnaie de Confiance de 2 Sols, 1792, First year of the Republic, small owl behind Hercules seated breaking a scepter, legend LA SAGESSE GUIDE SA FORCE (Wisdom Directs its Force, the End of Despotism) below / pyramid against a cloudy sky, clouds oblique; legend RESPUBLICA GALLICA ANNO 1 mo, AERE PERENNIS 1792 (see below for meaning), the French Republic Year 1, coin alignment, plain edge, chocolate dark brown surfaces, NGC graded MS62 BR. Very Scarce, interesting design and history. Probably meant as a collector strike by Matthew Boulton for the Monneron Brothers after Monnaie de Confiance were banned.
'Aere perennis means' “more lasting than bronze” or “more enduring than bronze.” It’s a Latin phrase associated with the idea of lasting fame or something immortal in value. In Horace’s famous line, "exegi monumentum aere perennius", the full sense is “I have built a monument more lasting than bronze”.
Mazard lists this splendid design among Essais de Module et de Gravure. The pyramid is hauntingly familiar, recalling the Unfinished Pyramid on the Great Seal of the United States. These were supposedly overstruck over the Monneron 2 Soles of 1791 with such pressure in the collars that the edge lettering is completely smooth
Description and purchase from Steve Album, Auction 19, May 2014.
Pyramid evokes the symbolism of the Masons and Illuminati involved in the French Revolution and later European revolutions as well as the Masonic connections of the Founders of the USA.

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Here is the link to the BEST article on Matthew Boulton, the Industrialization of Coinage, and the Monneron Brother's wonderful token coinage during the French Revolution:
Boulton and the Monnerons - Margolis: [ link ]