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Original – A French assignat note, valued at 400 livres. The assignats were paper money issued by the National Assembly in France from 1789 to 1796, during the French Revolution. They were issued after the confiscation of church properties in 1790, because the government was bankrupt.
Reason
An absolutely beautiful 18th century note, and from France too! Very useful in the assignat article.
Articles in which this image appears
assignat
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Culture,_entertainment,_and_lifestyle/Currency
Creator
Design: Government of France; note holder: National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Scanned by Godot13

Promoted File:FRA-A73-République Française-400 livres (1792) 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:36, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]