copper 2 sols of Louis 16th
1792 BB (Strasbourg mint)
uncirculated "NGC-63 Brown"
(Heritage World Coin Auction, Jan 2008) |
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French
Revolution
Okay here we are
in the French Revolution which started 3 years ago (1789). At first they kept
the King (Louis 16th) and he was to rule as a Constitutional Monarch. But
he wasn't very adept at all and got in a fight with the Revolutionaries as
the Pope in Rome disavowed Priests favoring the Revolution. Poor Louis
sided with the Pope but the Revolutionaries had the Army and the
mob.
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Constitutional ecu of Louis 16th
1792 2nd
semester (Paris)
choice brilliant uncirculated
(Karl Stephens, CA, 1990) |
This coin can be distinguished as 2nd semester (2nd half of 1792)
by the dot under the U in "LOUIS". Louis 16th was guillotined on September 22nd, 1792 which became year "1" of the
French Revolutionary calendar. |
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Ecu of the Convention 1793
uncirculated |
reverse |
Louis 16th and his wife,
Marie Antoinette were axed and the Revolutionary mob formed the Convention
and ruled. This coin was struck by the
Convention.
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Directory, 1 sol 1793-AA
almost uncirculated
(Jim Elmond, World Wide Coins
Auction, 2004) |
There were 20 sols per livre and 6 livres per ecu.
This is a brass coin unlike all the others which appear to be copper or bronze
AA= Metz mint
These were also made as restrikes.
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Since I can't buy a Union et Force 5F obviously I'll have to make due with these smaller
denominations
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Directory, Deceime (almost unc w/ original mint red) L'An 7 (1798) W= Lille mint
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Napoleon Bonaparte 5 Francs 1811-A (Paris)
uncirculated (NGC-63)
Jan 2006, coin image rotated so it's upright
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Napoleon Bonaparte 40 Francs 1811-A
uncirculated
(Heritage auctions, 1998)
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon at first
was an artillery Colonial under the Directory's command. After
clearing the mob from the streets with grape shot he was promoted to
general. He lost his army in Egypt when Nelson destroyed his fleet (1798).
Then he returned to Paris and overthrew the Directory, establishing
himself as 1st Consul, then Emperor.
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