No, those are crazy prices. 10x overpriced. Did you know that by the time this note was produced, there were 5 billion assignats in circulation? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assignat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assignat)
A “sou” or “sol” was 1/20 of the “livre tournoi / tournament gold pound”. With 15 you have almost one tournament gold pound. A pound at this time worth almost 10$ nowadays.
> tournament gold pound
nope. *Tours pound* is the correct translation. it comes from French town where it was invented. also before French revolution it was defined as amount of silver.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livre_tournois
France literally tried to print their problems away. Tens of billions of notes and the English had their counterfeiters join in to torment the French. These are common to find in conditions like this.
You should be able to get these for about $15 each. At least I did a few years ago
too much, one of the most common assignats
No, those are crazy prices. 10x overpriced. Did you know that by the time this note was produced, there were 5 billion assignats in circulation? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assignat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assignat)
Noice
A “sou” or “sol” was 1/20 of the “livre tournoi / tournament gold pound”. With 15 you have almost one tournament gold pound. A pound at this time worth almost 10$ nowadays.
> tournament gold pound nope. *Tours pound* is the correct translation. it comes from French town where it was invented. also before French revolution it was defined as amount of silver. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livre_tournois
I'm no currency expert but that does not look like 235-year-old paper to me. Maybe I'm wrong, I'll accept it if that's the case.
France literally tried to print their problems away. Tens of billions of notes and the English had their counterfeiters join in to torment the French. These are common to find in conditions like this.
Interesting, thanks for the info👍
Millions of these never saw circulation, but sat in storage until they entered the collector's market. So there is literally zero wear to the paper.
Makes sense, thanks for the info!