10 Sous Assignat

Features

Issuer France
Period First Republic (1792-1804)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1793
Value 10 Sols (½ LT)
Currency Livre tournois (987-1795)
Composition Paper
Size 83 × 77 mm
Shape Rectangular (Hand cut, size varies)
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
348910
References P# A68,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
Lafaurie# 165
Jean Lafaurie, Jean-Paul Vannier; 1981. Les assignats et les papiers monnaies émis par l’État au XVIIIe siècle. Léopard d'or, Paris, France.

Obverse

Two women holding Liberty cap on a pole.
Fasces at left and right

Lettering:
Loi du 23 Mai 1793.
Série 4.
L'An 2me. de la République.
Domaines nationaux.
Assignat de dix sous, payable au porteur.
Sureté
Liberté
Egalité
10S
La loi punit de mort le contrefacteur
La Nation récompense le dénonciateur

Translation:
Law of the 23 May 1793.
Series [...]
The Second Year of the Republic
National Domains
Assignat for ten sous, payable to the bearer.
Security
Liberty
Equality
Counterfeiting is punishable by death
The Nation will recompense the denouncer

Designer: Nicolas-Marie Gatteaux

Reverse

Blank.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1793-May-23  51% P#A68a, Watermark "La Nation..."
1793-May-23  49% P#A68b, Watermark "RF"

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