Assignat of fifty livres invalidated in Utrecht, series 616, no. 291, issued 14 December 1792
Also known as: Te Utrecht ongeldig gemaakte assignat van vijftig livres, serie 616, nr. 291 uitgegeven 14 december 1792
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1792-12-14 - 1793
Single-sided printed assignat; field, bordered at the top and sides by bands divided into compartments with leaf ornaments and inscriptions; in the central field: inscription "République Française. / Assignat de cinquante livres / De la Création du 14.
Déc. 1792 l'An premier de la République / Hypothèque sur les Domaines Nationaux." above a woman with a ship's rudder in her left hand and holding a wreath with her right hand over a rooster standing beside her, seated on a pedestal whose base is decorated with a Phrygian cap between two fasces; to the right of the pedestal: signature, to the left an embossed stamp: Hercules with club raised above his head slaying the seven-headed Hydra.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-20-240-E; its record gives material recorded as paper; technique blocked, printing; measurements height 11.8 cm x width 19.3 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper
- Technique
- blocked, printing
- Measurements
- height 11.8 cm x width 19.3 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Te Utrecht ongeldig gemaakte assignat van vijftig livres, serie 616, nr. 291 uitgegeven 14 december 1792
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-20-240-E
- Museum classification
- assignat · waardepapier
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Recorded
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- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the issuer, series, catalogue numbers and dimensions against paper-money references.