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[ See Caron, "Tableaux de Dépréciation," as above, p. 386.]
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[ Von Sybel, vol. i, pp. 509, 510, 515; also Villeneuve Bargemont, "Histoire de l'Economie Politique," vol. ii, p. 213.]
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[ As to the purchasing power of money at that time, see Arthur Young, "Travels in France during the Years 1787, 1788 and 1789." For notices of the small currency with examples of satirical verses written regarding it, see Challamel, "Les français sous la Révolution," pp. 307, 308. See also Mercier, "Le Nouveau Paris," edition of 1800, chapter ccv., entitled "Parchemin Monnaie." A series of these petty notes will be found in the White collection of the Cornell University Library. They are very dirty and much worn, but being printed on parchment, remain perfectly legible. For issue of quarter-"sou" pieces see Levasseur, p. 180.]
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[ See Levasseur, vol. i, p. 176.]
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[ For Chaumette's brilliant display of fictitious reasons for the decline see Thiers, Shoberl's translation, published by Bentley, vol. iii, p. 248.]