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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.

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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).

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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!

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an early (and scarce) one from the reign of Louis XV struck for the `assureurs generales' syndicate based in Paris in 17541047811.jpg

 This one was struck a few years earlier (1742) for the maritime assureurs of Rouen 1047810.jpg

 

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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.

 

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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'.

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