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70 Livres Assignat
| Issuer | Caisse de l'Extraordinaire, France |
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| Year | 1790 |
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| Designer(s) | Designers: Nicolas-Marie Gatteaux, Pierre-Joseph Lorthior |
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| Obverse description | At upper centre, a circular vignette encloses a bust portrait of Louis XVI in profile within an oval medallion surround, executed in copperplate intaglio. The heading 'DOMAINES NATIONAUX' is printed in large letterpress across the upper portion, with the body text combining copperplate script and typeset lettering detailing the legislative authority of the issue. At lower left, a decorative cartouche in script reads 'Soixante & dix', while at lower right an octagonal guilloche panel displays the numeral '70', flanked by the serial number and a manuscript signature. |
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| Obverse lettering | Assignat de la création du 29 septembre 1790. DOMAINES NATIONAUX Hypothéqué au remboursement des assignats par le décret de l'Assemblée Nationale des 16 et 17 Avril 1790, sanctionnée par le Roi Assignat de soixante-dix liv. Il sera payé au Porteur la somme de soixante-dix livres à la Caisse de l'Extraordinaire, conformément aux décrets des 16 et 17 Avril et 29 Septembre 1790. Soixante & dix 70₶ Soixante-Dix Livres GATTEAUX (Translation: Assignat created 29th September 1790 National Domains Mortgaged for the reimbursement of Assignats by the decrees of the National Assembly of the 16th and 17th April and 29th of September 1790, sanctioned by the King. Assignat for seventy livres. The bearer will be paid the sum of seventy livres at the Caisse de l'Extraordinaire in conformity with the decrees of the 16th and 17th April, 29th September 1790.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries no independent printed design; the sheet was printed on one side only, and the thin paper stock allows a strong offset impression of the obverse to show through in mirror image. The 'DOMAINES NATIONAUX' heading, the royal portrait vignette, and the body text are all discernible in reverse, a characteristic and well-documented feature of French Revolutionary-era assignat production. |
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