Simon68 Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 Hi, Got this token from CoinEx 2013 in London. My research tells me that Lena De Merville is a famous brothel house madam from Paris but this token is addressed as 106 West 50. Street, New York, which was right in the heart of the known brothel area. Can anyone identify it 100% and what its likely value is as I've seen a Merville New York token previously sell for $600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 NY Magazine had an article on former NY city brothels and identified Lena de Merville's as being at 114 W 31st St.: http://nymag.com/includes/3/maps/2012/brothels/brothel-lb.html That address doesn't even exist today: https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&layer=c&z=17&iwloc=A&sll=40.748218,-73.989970&cbp=13,267.1,0,0,0&cbll=40.748220,-73.989933&q=114+w+31+st+new+york&ei=rXtIUqvwEMTCqQHbloBQ&ved=0CCwQxB0wAA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon68 Posted October 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Sold it on eBay for £147, so am very pleased, as it was part of my ''20 tokens for £30 deal'', so I'd effectively only paid £1.50 for it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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