Augustin Dupré

Following this success, Dupré was named Graveur général des monnaies by decree of the Assemblée nationale on 11 July 1791.

However, the Assemblée nationale rejected his idea and retained 8 mints: Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Bayonne, Perpignan, Nantes, Lille, and Strasbourg.

Augustine Dupré derived the inspiration of his allegoric compositions from the symbolism of antiquity (tables of law, genius of freedom, Hercules, Phrygian cap, fasces of lictors, scales, etc.).

The reverse represents a Génie ailé (Winged genius) that writes the word Loi on a stèle, with the motto Le Règne de la Loi (The Reign of the Law) and the declaration An III de la liberté (Year three of the liberty).

When the republic was proclaimed, Dupré engraved the bulk of the new revolutionary decimal currency.

He introduced the five franc silver piece stamped with the image of Hercules, Union et Force which marked the renaissance of the franc, and the coins of 1 centime, 5 centimes, 1 décime and 2 décimes with the head of the republic wearing the Phrygian cap.

The picture of an original sculpture of Augustin Dupré, signed by David d'Angers.
Medal in silver commissioned from Dupré and issued in 1784 by the American republic to honor Admiral Suffren
Libertas Americana (1783), Dupré engraved medallion which was designed and commissioned by Benjamin Franklin while serving as US Ambassador to France.