Valued image set: Promesses de Mandats Territoriaux

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This is a valued image set on Wikimedia Commons. The image has been assessed under the valued image criteria and is considered the most valued image set on Commons within the scope:
The Promesses de Mandats Territoriaux, Complete denomination set.

You can see its nomination at Commons:Valued image candidates/Promesse de mandate territorial.

Issued in 1796 to replace the inflation-plagued Assignat, the Mandats territoriaux, or more specifically, the Promesse de mandat territorial were backed by the property (real estate) seized during the French Revolution.