Monneron Tokens 上市 Deposited
The name given to a series of copper medals issued by the brothers Monneron of Paris in 1791 and 1792, which were intended to be used for the redemption of the Assignats (q.v.). The Monnerons, who were bankers, had a patent for making these tokens, and they struck them in demoninations of two and five Sols.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)