French officials burning assignats (promissory notes) after the failure of the currency, 19 February 1796, French Directory era. On brule les assignats a Paris, 19 fevrier 1796. Woodcut by Huyot after a German engraving from Paul Lacroix's Directoire, Consulat et Empire, (Directory, Consulate and Empire), Paris, 1884.

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