Forgery and depreciation - Lot 39

Forgery and depreciation of Assignats. File including: - Jean BOUCHARY's book "Les Faux Monnayeurs sous la Révolution Française" ("Counterfeiters during the French Revolution") (Paris, 1946), and the following 7 documents following documents - a circular from the Minister of the Interior signed by Garat, dated March 10, 1793, concerning the P.V. characteristics of counterfeit assignats, - a table showing the depreciation of paper paper money in the Seine dept. from 1/1/1791 an 1er thermidor an IV, - the prospectus for a ten-year half-tontine "SociétéCivique pour le retirement des Assignats", - a 16-page brochure. "Le vérificateur général des Assignats à ses concitoyens" dated 19 ventôse an secondet donnant notamment les signes signs of counterfeiting for assignats of 400, 50 and 10 livres and for dry stamps, - Three P.V. of the characteristic signs forgery can be recognized. As a whole