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80 Livres Assignat
| Issuer | Caisse de l'Extraordinaire, France |
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| Year | 1790 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A circular vignette at upper centre bears a bust portrait of King Louis XVI in profile facing left, engraved in intaglio style. The large letterpress heading reads DOMAINES NATIONAUX across the upper portion of the note, with the denomination QUATRE-VINGTS LIV. stated in bold script within the central text block. Lower left carries a rectangular panel inscribed Quatre-vingt and lower right an octagonal panel with the numeral 80 flanked by fleur-de-lis, all within an ornamental border with corner devices. |
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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 quatre-vingts liv. Il sera payé au Porteur la somme de quatre-vingts livres à la Caisse de l'Extraordinaire, conformément aux décrets des 16 et 17 Avril et 29 Septembre 1790. Quatre-vingt 80 La Loi et Le Roi GATTEAUX Quatre-vingts livres (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 eighty livres. The bearer will be paid the sum of eighty livres at the Caisse de l'Extraordinaire in conformity with the decrees of the 16th and 17th April, 29th September 1790.) |
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| Protection description | Watermark inscribed Obligation Nationale de 80₶ 1790 La Loi et Le Roi, incorporated into the paper during manufacture |
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