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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dave M, post: 1123433, member: 17469&quot;]I&#039;ve picked up a couple French Assignats over the last week or so. Got lucky, for whatever reason they seem to be cropping up.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is Lafaurie #173, issued Jan 7, 1795, late in the lifetime of the assignats, just before France&#039;s financial system crumbled. These are printed on very thin paper, like tissue paper.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.frenchbanknotes.com/france/images/l-173.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a close-up of just the corners of the note with some of the details.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.frenchbanknotes.com/l-173-b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my collection of <a href="http://www.frenchbanknotes.com/france.php?page=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.frenchbanknotes.com/france.php?page=0" rel="nofollow">Assignats</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, let&#039;s see your old notes!</p><p><br /></p><p>Dave[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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