CONSTITUTION* - Lot 137

CONSTITUTION* september 13, 1791 - september 21, 1792 LOUIS XVI KING OF THE FRENCH. His head to the left, hair tied in a catogan at the nape of his neck. R/. REIGN OF THE LAW. Genius engraving the Constitution on the tables between a lyre and beam on the left and the workshop letter and a rooster on the right. ♦ Gad 55 Ecu d'argent de Six Livres 1792-an 4 Paris (28.92 g) Corner defect on obverse. Fitting ridges on reverse. Has been repatinated. T.B. The *Constitution. On September 14, 1791, the King accepted the new civil constitution and swore to be faithful to the Nation and to the Law. On September 21, 1792, the Convention abolished royalty, and the mints ceased minting royal coins, issuing a numéraire in the name of Louis XVI King of the Franks, with La Nation, la Loi, le Roi (The Nation, the Law, the King) on the reverse. On September 22, the *Convention is established. The coins bear the words "Year I of the Republic", ending in Year XIV under Napoleon I.