Besides the national coins, several tradesmen have been permitted to fabricate silver and copper medals or _tokens_, for public convenience, the most beautiful of which are those of _M. Monneron_. The largest is of almost pure copper, exactly of the size and thickness of the crown piece; in an oval is represented a female figure with a helmet on, sitting on an elevated place, on which is _Dupre f._ (or fecit) holding a book, inscribed _Constitution des Francois_; at her side is a shield with the arms of France, and at her feet an altar, on one side of which is the profile of the king; several soldiers are represented extending their right arms, as if taking the oath; at top is _Pacte Federatif_; at bottom 14 _Juillet_, 1790; round the oval _vivre libres ou mourir_, which is repeated in one of the banners carried by a soldier. On the reverse, in a circle, is _Medaille de confiance de cinq-sols remboursable en assignats de_ 50L _et au dessus_. _L'An IV. de la Liberte_; round this is _Monneron Freres Negocians a Paris_, 1792; and on the edge is cut _Departemens de Paris_, _Rhone et Loire_. _Du Gard_. I have another of these pieces, not quite so large nor so well executed; one of the sides is similar to that already described; on the other is _Medaille qui se vend_ 5 _Sols a Paris chez Monneron patente_. _L'An IV. de la Liberte_. Round this is, _Revolution Francaise_, 1792; and on the edge, _Bon pour les_ 83 _Departemens_. I am told this was made at Birmingham. The other token of the same merchant is rather larger and thicker than our halfpenny. On one side is a woman sitting, with a staff in her right hand with the cap of liberty; her left arm leans on a square tablet, on which are the words, _Droits de l'Homme. Artic. V._[7] the sun shines just over her head, and behind her is a cock perched on half a fluted column; round the figure, _Liberte sous la Loi_, and underneath, _L'An III. de la Liberte_. On the reverse, _Medaille de confiance de deux sols a echanger contre des assignats de 50L et au dessus. 1791_. Round this the merchant's name, as in the first; and on the edge, _Bon pour Bord. Marseil. Lyon. Rouen. Nant. et Strasb_. [Note 7: This article is, "The law has the right of prohibiting only those actions which are hurtful to society."] I have seen a silver token almost as big as a shilling. On one side is represented a woman sitting, leaning with her left arm on a large open book, at her right is a cock perched on half a fluted column; and the inscription round these figures is, _Le Fevre, Le Sage et Compie. ngt. a Paris_. On the reverse is _B.P._ (bon pour) 20 _Sols a echanger en assignats_ de 50L and round this, _et au dessus l'an 4 me de la Liberte_, 1792.[8] [Note 8: This and the former _echanger_, &c. and _remboursable_, &c. appear to be superfluous.]