Lot 713 : Sold for £95 hammer

Estimate £100-£150

A collection of eight French Assignats to include one vingt cing note, two de cent francs, two de-cinquantes-sol notes and three de cinq livres notes (8) Assignats were paper money issued in huge quantities causing high inflation, issued by the National assembly in France during the French Revolution for the confiscation of church property in 1790 due to that the government was bankrupt (8)

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