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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 3134728, member: 4298&quot;]Thank you so much [USER=81896]@Deacon Ray[/USER] for celebrating Bastille Day</p><p>And thanks to everyone else who posted their coins minted in places that are now France.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I will of course not post everything I have that have been minted around there, you would all fall asleep before I&#039;ve finished. I will just show you a few that were issued before and after the King Louis XVI has been dethroned so you can notice they actually are <i>slightly </i>different <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0080-Louis_XVI_demi_Ecu.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Louis XVI (1774-1792) - Demi Ecu aux lauriers 1791 A </b> Atelier de Paris, 2° semestre de 1791 (.A)</p><p>LUD . XVI . D . G . FR . ET . NAV . REX ., buste habillé a gauche orné du cordon du Saint Esprit. Point sous le D de LUD</p><p>. SIT . NOMEN . DOMINI BENEDICTVM lyre 1791, ecu ovale couronné entre deux branches de laurier, .A sous l&#039;ecu </p><p>Tranche inscrite : DOMINE SALVVM FAC REGEM</p><p>14.70 gr</p><p>Ref : Ciani # 2189</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin and the following three give a &quot;shortcut&quot; of how the person of the King was considered through the french revolution : on this one Louis XVI is monarch by Divine right &quot;Ludovicus XVI Deo Gratia Fran. et Nav. Rex</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0090-Louis_XVI_12D.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Constitution - 12 deniers 1791 A </b> Atelier de Paris (A)</p><p>LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANCOIS, buste drapé a gauche, A sous le buste</p><p>LA NATION LA LOI LE ROI rose 1791 . 3 . DELALIB . faisceau surmonté d&#039;un bonnet phrygien entre deux branches de chêne</p><p>11.82 gr</p><p>Ref : Ciani # 2253</p><p><br /></p><p>We now have a King being on the same level as his subjects and the Law. He his king of the french instead of being king of France</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0100-Louis_XVI_30S.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Constitution - 30 sols 1792 I </b> Atelier de Limoges (I)</p><p>. LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANCOIS . a l&#039;exergue 1792, buste drapé a gauche</p><p>REGNE DE LA LOI, le genie de la liberté a droite, gravant la CONSTITUTION. </p><p>Dans le champ 30 | SOLS . et I, a l&#039;exergue L&#039;AN 4 DE LA LIBERTE . en deux lignes </p><p>10.16 gr</p><p>Ref : Ciani # 2241</p><p><br /></p><p>Louis XVI is still there on the obverse, but the reverse says &quot;the Law is now above all and everything&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0110-Sol_bal.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Convention - Sol aux balances 1793 AA </b> Atelier de Metz (AA) refrappe</p><p>REPUBLIQUE FRANCOISE, la table de la loi, avec gravé LES HOMMES SONT EGAUX DEVANT LA LOI en cinq lignes, de part et d&#039;autre une grappe de raisin et des epis de blé, a l&#039;exergue L&#039;AN II</p><p>LIBERTE EGALITE, balance surmontée d&#039;un bonnet phrygien, entourée d&#039;une couronne de chêne, au centre I . S a l&#039;exergue AA 1793 en deux lignes</p><p>10.89 gr</p><p>Ref : Gadoury 2003 # 19</p><p><br /></p><p>The King is no more present (he&#039;s had been executed on jan 21st the same year), and &quot;humans are equals towards Law&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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