Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/France – Winged genius on the sol (1791), écu (1792), livre (1793), and franc (1889)
France – Winged genius on the sol (1791), écu (1792), livre (1793), and franc (1889)[edit]
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- Reason
- High quality, high EV, scarce (only coin example in the sol and livre article).
- Original
- The winged genius design by Augustin Dupré (14th Engraver General of Currency) was used on the French sol, livre, écu, and franc, spanning nearly a century. It appears to be inspired by both ancient Assyrian and Roman imagry.
- Articles in which these images appear
- Augustin Dupré (all), French sol (1), Écu (1), French livre (1), and French franc (1)
- FP category for this image
- Currency/European currency
- Creator
- Kingdom of France, French First Republic, and Republic of France (coins)
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History.
Winged genius design
by Augustin Dupré
by Augustin Dupré
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30 sols (1791), depicting Louis XVI of France -
Half Écu (1792), depicting Louis XVI of France
- Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 16:50, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Support – gorgeous toning on that Half Écu. Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 17:02, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Support - quite right, agree with comment by Vesuvius Dogg, above. Good luck, — Cirt (talk) 19:15, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:34, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Support --Tremonist (talk) 14:52, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
- Support - scarce--m,sharaf (talk) 16:23, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 22:07, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
- Support --Jobas (talk) 11:37, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:France 1791-A 30 Sols (Louis16).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:32, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:France 1792-A Half Ecu (Louis16).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:32, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:France 1793-A 24 Livres.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:32, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:France 1889-A 100 Francs.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:32, 22 October 2015 (UTC)<