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Planche d’Assignats, French Revolution Bonds by Pannemaker
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Planche d’Assignats, French Revolution Bonds, by Pannemaker presents an engraved plate of assignats, the paper notes issued by France’s revolutionary government between 1789 and 1796. First created in December 1789 as bonds bearing five percent interest and secured by confiscated church and crown lands, the assignats evolved within a year into full circulating legal-tender currency, reflecting the financial upheaval of the Revolution. The engraving was made after a design by Gerlier, whose signature appears alongside Pannemaker’s in the lower corners of the plate.
Artist: Pannemaker (engraver), after Gerlier. Date: 19th century.
Planche d’Assignats, French Revolution Bonds. Historic French Financial Document Engraving Canvas Print.