ECL.48-2025
Parts
Object number
ECL.48-2025
Object type
Identification
Title
French Revolution: assignat de cinq livres
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
This low denomination note was produced in the greatest numbers, with 143, 118,000 recorded as having been printed.
Other number
2025/16
Description
Content (description)
Uncut sheet of 10 assignats de cinq livres issued on 31 October 1793 (10 Brumaire l’an II in the French revolutionary calendar), “Série 18546. On the left of each assignat is an oval embossed stamp and on the right a watermark.
Dimensions
height (actual size): 427mm
width (actual size): 276mm
width (actual size): 276mm
Dimension note
Dimensions of the uncut sheet
Inscription
Each assignat bears the printed signature of a different auditor (Emon, Loiselau, Martin, Chaignet, Denis, Fontaine, Brout, Sal, Barba, Berlioz).
Material
paper
Production
Place
Paris
Date
31/10/1793
Note
Produced in Paris by the Administrateur des domaines nationaux.
History and association
Previous ownership
