2 Sols dated version, edge BON. POUR. BORD. MARSEILLE. LYON. ROUEN. NANT.ET STRB

Features

Issuer France
Period First Republic (1792-1804)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1793
Value 2 Sols (0.1 LT)
Currency Livre tournois (987-1795)
Composition Bronze
Weight 24.47 g
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
44930
References KM# 622,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Gad# 31a
Francesco Pastrone; 2021. Monnaies francaises, 1789-2021 (25th edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco.

Obverse

Painting with the Decree of the Rights of Man stamped inside (All men are equal before the law). On his left a bunch of grapes, on his right a sheaf of wheat, above an eye (the all-seeing eye?).Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANCOISE
LES
HOMMES
SONT
EGAUX
DEVANT
LA LOI
Dupré
L'AN II

Engraver: Augustin Dupré

Reverse

An oak wreath (the value 2 sols is inscribed inside) crossed horizontally by the two-pan balance. The balance is topped with a Phrygian cap.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTE EGALITE
2.S.
B
1793

Engraver: Augustin Dupré

Edge

Slice with inscription.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: BON. POUR. BORD. MARSEILLE. LYON. ROUEN. NANT.ET STRB

Mint

B Rouen, France (?-1858)

Comments

Surfrappé on a blank of Monneron 2 solsAutomatically translated

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