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1790s, France (Kingdom/Republic).  "Union of the Musical Societies of Paris" Medal.

Mint Years: 1790s Medallist: Gatteaux Denomination: Medal - Union of the Muical Societies of Paris Condition: Heavy die-clashe on both sides, which has left some mirror-image of the opposite side (a so-called ghosting) of the medal, otherwise a nice VF-XF with light deposits! Material: Copper Weight: 17.39gm Diameter: 34mm

Obverse: Standing and wreathed nude figure beneath column, holding a harp. Legend: UNION DES SOCIETES - MUSICALES DE PARIS Reverse: Wreath adorned with musical instruments.

Louis XVI or Louis-Auguste de France (Versailles 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793 in Paris) ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792. Suspended and arrested during the 10th of August 1792 Insurrection, he was tried by the National Convention, found guilty of treason, and executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793. He was the only king of France to be executed.

Although Louis was beloved at first, his indecisiveness and conservatism led some elements of the people of France to eventually hate him as a symbol of the perceived tyranny of the Ancien Régime.[citation needed] After the abolition of the monarchy in 1792, the new republican government gave him the surname Capet, a reference to the nickname of Hugh Capet, founder of the Capetian dynasty, which the revolutionaries wrongly interpreted as a family name. He was also informally nicknamed Louis le Dernier (Louis the Last), a derisive use of the traditional nicknaming of French kings. Today, historians and Frenchmen in general have a more nuanced view of Louis XVI, who is seen as an honest man with good intentions, but who was probably unfit for the herculean task of reforming the monarchy, and who was used as a scapegoat by the revolutionaries.