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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 2578653, member: 4298&quot;]Well, it&#039;s very nice to see a topic related to french coinage. As you might guess I have a few to show....<span style="color: #0000ff"><b><font size="5">wanna see them ?</font></b></span> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=8959]@Eduard[/USER], since you started with a Louis XVI, which is a good idea to introduce the subject because Louis XVI and the Revolution are related to Napoleon I° and allowed him to raise, I will do the same :</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><i>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&quot;</i></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><i>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</i></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><i>Louis XVI is still there on the obverse, but the reverse says &quot;the Law is now above all and everything&quot;</i></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><i>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;</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0120-5cent.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Republique - 5 centimes l&#039;An 4 A </b> Atelier de Paris (A)</p><p>REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, buste de la République a gauche, coiffée d&#039;un bonnet phrygien</p><p>5 CENTIMES L&#039;AN 4 . en trois lignes, a l&#039;exergue A</p><p>4.82 gr</p><p>Ref : Le Franc VIII # 113/1</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0123-Consul_20Fs.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Bonaparte I° Consul - 20 francs or An 12 A </b> Atelier de Paris (A)</p><p>BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL, tête nue a gauche</p><p>REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, couronne de lauriers entourant 20 FRANCS en deux lignes. A l&#039;exergue . coq . AN 12. . A .</p><p>Tranche inscrite DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE</p><p>6.44 gr</p><p>Ref : Le Franc VIII # 510/2</p><p><br /></p><p><i>The revolution has ended, Bonaparte is soon becoming Napoleon I Empereur, as Octavian became Augustus (note the similarities on this portrait with those of Augustus on the &quot;bull butting&quot; denarii), but still unsure of what is going on. We see many contradictory messages for a laïque republic : a consul on obverse, a republic on reverse, a revolutionary calendar (An 12) and ... God save France on the edge...</i></p><p><i>Now you know why you find french people so romantic...</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0125-50c-Nap.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Napoleon I° Empereur - Demi Franc 1808 D </b> Atelier de Lyon (D)</p><p>NAPOLEON EMPEREUR ., tête lauree a droite</p><p>REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE ., couronne de laurier entourant DEMI FRANC en deux lignes, a l&#039;exergue 1808 . D</p><p>Tranche lisse</p><p>2.48 gr</p><p>Ref : Le Franc VIII # 177/5</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Still the same confusion. : Emperor on the obverse, but Emperor of a republic...</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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