Assignaat van 50 sols, 1793 1793

This is a 1793 engraving by Nicolas Marie Gatteaux for an assignat, a paper money issued by the French government during the French Revolution. It depicts two figures, one holding a book with the inscription "Droits de l'Homme" (Rights of Man) and another holding a scale. The assignat was a controversial currency that was intended to stabilize the French economy but ultimately led to hyperinflation.