Description and research notes
Fifty‑sols assignat from the 'Domaines Nationaux' series—fractional Revolutionary paper keyed to sales and rents of nationalized property but used broadly as transactional money. The denomination sits in a classical pediment supported by allegorical figures of Economy and Justice, a visual program meant to legitimize paper credit in a time of fiscal emergency.
Design details include 'Loi du 23 Mai 1793', 'Série 681', the manuscript signature 'Fausny', an impressed state seal (timbre sec), and a purpose‑made watermark 'RF/50s'. The border retains the period anti‑counterfeiting warnings promising death to forgers and reward to informers—legal theater that doubled as a security feature.
PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated, with clean margins, bold impression, and original paper surfaces. Higher‑value small assignats saw heavy use and are seldom encountered this fresh; this piece shows the typographic and security system of the 1793 printings at near‑reference quality.