World Silver & Bronze Coins - Cocos(Keeling) - Italy
Lot 1752 SESSION 8 (11.30AM WEDNESDAY 31ST JULY) World Silver & Bronze Coins - Cocos(Keeling) - Italy
Estimate $80
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FRANCE, French Revolution, Monneron Brothers token for five sols, 1792, in bronze (39mm), obverse, federates (see note) carrying a banner bearing the cap of liberty taking their oath before France who sits on a pedestal and holding a tablet engraved with the rights of man, reverse, 9-line inscription in French, edge inscribed, 'Departments De Paris. Rhone De Loire. Du Gard. &c'. Edge flaw at 11 o'clock on obverse, otherwise very fine.
Note: Federates (Federes) were troops who volunteered for the French National Guard in the summer of 1792 during the French Revolution.
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