Bible Encyclopedias
As`signats
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Bills or notes, to the number of 45 thousand million, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France in 1790, and based on the security of Church and other lands appropriated by it, and which in course of time sunk in value, to the ruin of millions.
Copyright Statement
Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'As`signats'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/assignats.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.