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Extensively Quotes the United States Mint Act of 1792
Loysel, P. RAPPORT ET PROJET DE DÉCRET, SUR UN NOUVEAU SYSTÈME MONÉTAIRE, PRÉSENTÉS À LA CONVENTION NATIONALE, AU NOM DU COMITÉ DES FINANCES, PAR P. LOYSEL, DÉPUTÉ DU DÉPARTMENT DE L'AISNE, 17 AVRIL 1793, L'AN DEUXIÈME DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇOISE. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1793. 44 pages. [with] Loysel, P. SECOND RAPPORT ET PROJET DE DÉCRET SUR LE NOUVEAU SYSTÈME MONÉTAIRE, SUIVIS DU RAPPORT DES COMMISSAIRES DE LA CI-DEVANT ACADÉMIE DES SCIENCES, CHARGÉE PAR UN DÉCRET DE LA CONVENTION NATIONALE, DE DONNER SON AVIS SUR LA QUESTION DE SAVOIR S'IL CONVIENT DE FABRIQUER LES PIÈCES D'OR ET D'ARGENT, QUI DOIVENT FORMER LE NUMÉRAIRE MÉTALLIQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE, AVEC LE MÉTAL PUR OU AVEC LE MÉTAL ALLIÉ ET DU SYSTÈME MONÉTAIRE DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE, PRÉSENTÉS, AU NOM DU COMITÉ DES ASSIGNATS ET MONNAIES, PAR P. LOYSEL, DÉPUTÉ DU DÉPARTEMENT DE L'AISNE, 15 SEPTEMBRE 1793, L'AN 2 DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, UNE ET INDIVISIBLE. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1793. 27, (1) pages. Two volumes. Both 8vo, self-covered and stitched, as issued. Very good or better. Very rare, and of the highest importance in illustrating the genesis of modern French coinage and the monetary system it represents. These two reports to the Convention Nationale, submitted by Pierre Loysel on behalf of the Comité des Finances, are detailed and wide-ranging, providing a clear account of the thinking behind the new French monetary system and coinage. Significantly, both of these rapports draw extensively upon the Mint Act adopted by the fledgling United States only the year before, citing it and translating it fully or in abridged form. The first draft decree is especially thorough, devoting chapters to discussing the purity and weight of coins, production and striking, essays, judging the correctness of coins, and providing for a minor coinage, all before proceeding to outlining a draft projet de décret that addresses all of these concerns in the form of proposed legislation. This is followed (beginning on age 29) with a discussion of the United States Mint Act of April 2, 1792, which shared the French interest in the decimal system and the use of devices emblematic of Liberty. In addition to the main Mint Act, the May 8, 1792 Act to Provide for a Copper Coinage is also discussed. The first draft decree closes with an extract from the registers of the Academy of Sciences, outlining the Academy's insistence on uniformity in the coinage. The second report is more condensed, with the opening chapters devoted to discussing the purity and weight of coins, and to production and striking, followed by a table giving the ratios of the weight and value of the projected currency with the currency of the day. [Online description truncated: for the full description, see the printed or PDF cataloge.] These are the only examples of these publications we have ever offered, and we believe they are of exceptional interest to both French and American numismatists.
Loysel, P. RAPPORT ET PROJET DE DÉCRET, SUR UN NOUVEAU SYSTÈME MONÉTAIRE, PRÉSENTÉS À LA CONVENTION NATIONALE, AU NOM DU COMITÉ DES FINANCES, PAR P. LOYSEL, DÉPUTÉ DU DÉPARTMENT DE L'AISNE, 17 AVRIL 1793, L'AN DEUXIÈME DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇOISE. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1793. 44 pages. [with] Loysel, P. SECOND RAPPORT ET PROJET DE DÉCRET SUR LE NOUVEAU SYSTÈME MONÉTAIRE, SUIVIS DU RAPPORT DES COMMISSAIRES DE LA CI-DEVANT ACADÉMIE DES SCIENCES, CHARGÉE PAR UN DÉCRET DE LA CONVENTION NATIONALE, DE DONNER SON AVIS SUR LA QUESTION DE SAVOIR S'IL CONVIENT DE FABRIQUER LES PIÈCES D'OR ET D'ARGENT, QUI DOIVENT FORMER LE NUMÉRAIRE MÉTALLIQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE, AVEC LE MÉTAL PUR OU AVEC LE MÉTAL ALLIÉ ET DU SYSTÈME MONÉTAIRE DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE, PRÉSENTÉS, AU NOM DU COMITÉ DES ASSIGNATS ET MONNAIES, PAR P. LOYSEL, DÉPUTÉ DU DÉPARTEMENT DE L'AISNE, 15 SEPTEMBRE 1793, L'AN 2 DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, UNE ET INDIVISIBLE. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1793. 27, (1) pages. Two volumes. Both 8vo, self-covered and stitched, as issued. Very good or better. Very rare, and of the highest importance in illustrating the genesis of modern French coinage and the monetary system it represents. These two reports to the Convention Nationale, submitted by Pierre Loysel on behalf of the Comité des Finances, are detailed and wide-ranging, providing a clear account of the thinking behind the new French monetary system and coinage. Significantly, both of these rapports draw extensively upon the Mint Act adopted by the fledgling United States only the year before, citing it and translating it fully or in abridged form. The first draft decree is especially thorough, devoting chapters to discussing the purity and weight of coins, production and striking, essays, judging the correctness of coins, and providing for a minor coinage, all before proceeding to outlining a draft projet de décret that addresses all of these concerns in the form of proposed legislation. This is followed (beginning on age 29) with a discussion of the United States Mint Act of April 2, 1792, which shared the French interest in the decimal system and the use of devices emblematic of Liberty. In addition to the main Mint Act, the May 8, 1792 Act to Provide for a Copper Coinage is also discussed. The first draft decree closes with an extract from the registers of the Academy of Sciences, outlining the Academy's insistence on uniformity in the coinage. The second report is more condensed, with the opening chapters devoted to discussing the purity and weight of coins, and to production and striking, followed by a table giving the ratios of the weight and value of the projected currency with the currency of the day. [Online description truncated: for the full description, see the printed or PDF cataloge.] These are the only examples of these publications we have ever offered, and we believe they are of exceptional interest to both French and American numismatists.