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Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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In Besançon, a satirical assignat of 1000 livres dated January 15, 1792, mocking French revolutionary finances and signed 'COBURG,' was announced at a popular society meeting. It was found on an Austrian soldier killed in battle by a French volunteer.
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We read in one of the last sittings of the popular society of the commune of Besancon the following passages:
A member announced that an assignat of 1000 livres of the emission of January 15, 1792 has been found. It runs as follows:
Property of the Jacobins.
Mortgaged for the liquidation of these assignats according to the declaration of the powers of Europe sanctioned by the Emperor Leopold December 3.
Assignat of one thousand livres.
The bearer shall be paid the sum of 1000 livres from the treasury of extraordinary confiscations upon proving that by the French Revolution he has lost as much; and that by buying national domains to that amount he was led to it by the instigation of clubs or administrative bodies.
COBURG.
This assignat was found in the pocket of a volunteer who had taken it from an Austrian slain in battle.
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Besancon
Event Date
August 6
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an austrian slain in battle
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A member of the popular society announced the discovery of a 1000 livres assignat from January 15, 1792, containing satirical text referencing Jacobins, European powers, Emperor Leopold, and revolutionary losses, signed COBURG. It was found in the pocket of a volunteer who took it from a slain Austrian.