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.
