REVOLUTION COINAGE / CONFIANCE (MONNAIES DE…) Monneron 2 Sols with Hercules, 1792 Birmingham, Soho UK (Matthew Boulton) R3, copper - RARE!
OB: "LA SAGESSE GUIDE SA FORCE" [WISDOM GUIDES ITS STRENGTH] Hercules breaking the royal scepter, a broken crown at his feet; two lines in exergue: "LA FIN DU / DESPOTISME" [THE END OF / DESPOTISM]
Rx : REVOLUTION FRANÇAISE - 1792 below, legend in six lines : MEDAILLE / QUI SE VEND / DEUX-SOLS / A PARIS CHEZ / MONNERON / /PATENTÉ/
Edge Inscription: LA CONFIANCE. AUGMENTE. LA. VALEUR [TRUST INCREASES THE VALUE]
Mint struck at Soho in a regular planchet. Catalog: Mazard 162;
Weight: 13.98 g. Not physically in the Moneta Museum. Very Rare! I have one, PCGS MS 64BN but it's the UN SOL (1 Sol) version in Reynaud MDC# 10 a/b. Exact attribution depends on the weight; this is probably the thick one that ~ 9.5 g, edge is plain.
READ & DOWNLOAD: The excellent article on Matthew Boulton and the Monnerons, by Richard Margolis at this: Boulton and the Monnerons - Margolis
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