An assignat was a monetary instrument, an order to pay, used during the time of the French Revolution, and the French Revolutionary Wars.
Assignat from the 1792 issue: 400 livres
Assignat of 4 Jan 1792, still bearing Royal markings: 15 sols
An eight-paoli Roman Republic assignat (1798).
Russian assignation ruble (1807)
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate. Many of its ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, while its values and institutions remain central to modern French political discourse.
The Storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789
Caricature of the Third Estate carrying the First Estate (clergy) and the Second Estate (nobility) on its back
Le Serment du Jeu de paume by Jacques-Louis David (c. 1791), depicting the Tennis Court Oath
The Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the iconic event of the Revolution, still commemorated each year as Bastille Day