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Maître Pascal BLOUET

537 - Currency (prior to 1 September 1792), a collection of 28 pri…
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Estimate €100 - €200
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Currency (prior to 1 September 1792), a collection of 28 printed documents, covering the topics of Assignats, Precious Metals and Currency Including: - Judgement of the Court of Coins, sentencing Antoine Chateau to be placed in the stocks for three consecutive market days in the square in front of the New Town Hall in Metz, bearing a placard bearing the words: (‘swindler, seller of crosses and silver-gilt key rings passed off as gold items’) and banished from the court’s jurisdiction for six years, Paris 1783 - Judgement of the Court of the Mint, sentencing Pierre Houdry, known as Fontaine, for the manufacture and distribution of counterfeit currency, to the galleys for a period of nine years; having previously been branded with the letters G.A.L., Paris 1784
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About the sale Original comic strips and comic books, antique and modern books – Afternoon sale at 2 pm
Auction location
Auction time 09/09/2026 at 2:00 PM
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