frank Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 I try to be a serious numismatist, but every time I see Louis XVIII's head on a coin or jeton I can't help thinking what a porker that man was. France has had some chubby monarchs, but I think Louis XVIII tips the scales, or breaks them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 One of the harder ones to come by. Silver jeton /medal struck in 1862 for La Compagnie Francaise D'Assurances Maritimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Look at those billowed sails. The waves look fantastic, too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagerap Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 I like this, but I'd love it without the wicked pin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 I've a couple of these. here's one of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagerap Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Beut! I'm still looking for a good example, or indeed anything with ships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagerap Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 A good looking auction from Gadoury next month: https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=3263&page=1 I need to save some money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 While there doesn't appear to be any `assurance' related items in this particular auction, there are some nice jetons de presence that are well worth a bid or three. However, I'm not sure i like the auction format being used. You submit a `bid sheet' via sixbid and the auction house then gets back to you telling you what you would need to bid to get the items. One had a start price of 10 euro, which struck me as being exceptionally low for the type. However after placing a bid on it (along with a few others) I was quickly advised by email that i had been outbid.......and that it would need a bid of at least 140 euro. Presumably if i placed a further bid at say 150 euro they would then get back to the person i'd outbid and tell them what they'd need to bid in order to outbid me.....and so on ad infinitum. It isn't quite the typical `electronic' auction that i've become accustomed to (and possibly spoilt by). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagerap Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 The auction itself seems a bit shaky, but I'm keeping the catalogue for reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 i've finally managed to figure out my new scanner.....almost. Here's a relatively difficult to find silver jeton /medalet issued by the Lloyd maritime assurance syndicate in Marseille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 this one was struck for the French maritime assurer `L'Eole'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 another maritime assurer. This one struck in 1868 for `La Mer' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 How do you like the new scanner? Do these images give the jetons justice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 The images produced by the scanner are.....well keeping from using anglo-saxon.....let's just say `pretty poor'. The jetons are generally quite lustrous, but this isn't picked up by the scanner, and it does not deliver any depth at all. Sadly, I don't have the time /energy for real photography but may end up digging my camera out and getting some practice in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 This one doesn't come on the market very often `les Deux Poles'. The strike is very three dimensional and the engraving of the sterns of the two ships is quite detailed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 an early (and scarce) one from the reign of Louis XV struck for the `assureurs generales' syndicate based in Paris in 1754 This one was struck a few years earlier (1742) for the maritime assureurs of Rouen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2018 This one struck for `La Maritime' sometime between 1870 and 1880 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Lower grade example of jeton struck for `La Melusine', another french maritime assurer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 ....this one struck for La Banlieu, another French Assureur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 All lovely. What would cause one to have significant wear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 It's silver and, although unlikely to have circulated as a cash item, it has always had a monetary value dependent upon the market value of silver at any given time. I could see it being a `pocket piece' or indeed being passed off as an item of exchange if the owner came upon hard times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 The jetons of La Compagnie D'assurances Generales a Paris are fairly common and readily found on ebay, but there are numerous variants (size of the jeton; variants to the reverse legends; different mint mark /edge markings). This example is an `error' variant , in that the date under the bust (obverse) should have been 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) thatis, the date the company was inaugurated. Instead, it is dated 1813 (MDCCCXIII), that is, it is missing a `V'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 This one is from the life assurance company `Credit Viager' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 this one was struck for `La Reassurances' (fire risk) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 this one was struck for `La Nantaise' (fire risk) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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