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Ian

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  1. A french jeton issued circa 1860 for the Steamboat Company of the Rhone. I'm greedy. This is the second example I now have.
  2. here's an example i bought a couple of years back. It's an ANS medal struck to commemorate Hudson - Fulton. This example was struck in sterling silver by Whitehead- Boag (1909)
  3. this one is a different bust type (unsigned) from the one I posted previously. i bit `well circulated' but still collectable.
  4. You are now officially on that slippery slope. there's no turning back now.
  5. It's not uncommon to come across a seller with a number of jetons all the same. They sell them off separately in order to get people competing as opposed to indicating they have a stash and people waiting to see how low you will go in order to get them gone. There's a certain irony to that selling strategy, at least as far as some french jetons are concerned. Many `royal' jetons were presented at new year to the recipient in a purse. They are far more valuable collectively with the purse than they ever would be if sold separately. I don't think this is a particularly rare jeton, but its not common as muck either. Like most jetons it is more likely than not that more than one die was used in producing the required mintage (whatever that was for this particuar issue). I don't know for sure regarding whether or not our examples are those of a re-strike or a contemporary `copy. However, I would be very surprised if they were.
  6. The example I have is much the same as yours. I'm not so sure concerning the `much later re-strike' aspect however. I'll check to see if Mitchiner has it listed when I get the chance.
  7. I'm not 100% sure, but It might have been used in expressing appreciation (payment).for a baptism or other such service /blessing. edit: Perhaps should have made mention of the `deniers d'epouse' here. A subject all unto its own but linked to your question. In older times the `cost' normally associated with a priest performing the marriage ceremony was thirteen deniers (also known as a `trezaine'). Originally it would have been thriteen silver deniers, but over time this became thirteen silver tokens specially minted for the process and normally presented to the priest in a little box or a small purse. these small silver jetons are quite difficult to come by and are highly collectable. Later, the tradition changed and medalets / jetons were minted moreto commemorate the wedding than as payment to the priest....the church favouring hard cash. Constanius has recently posted a jeton de marriage ( i can't remember which exact one but it would have been minted somewhere between 1860 and 1880). The origins of his one lies in the history / tradition of the deniers d'epouse. Ian
  8. sorry. i never did respond to you M'sieu LeDeadpoint. The relief is indeed more in keeping with a Swiss shooting medal than the norm for french medals. here's a jeton that was minted for `La Fortune' a French maritime assurer based in Le Havre in the mid 1800's. Again , i really can't understand why they would use Lady Luck in their marketing. Doesn't indicate investment `management'....and unsurprisingly, the company apparently sank due to a spate of bad luck!
  9. Hi Frank. \Interesting legends on that Nurenberg jeton `Fortuna Variabilis' ...lluck may vary. A bit like the cautions given by financial advisors these days. `The value of your investments may fall as well as totally plummet through the floor". |it seems to be the French who have a penchant for perching Fortuna on a wheel as if she were a monocyclist. There's a couple of silver jetons i i have for `La Fortune' a french assurance company in the mid 1800's which depict a less scantily clad Fortuna but still doing her balancing act on a wheel.
  10. Dig 'em out, scan and post them so we can see 'em too.
  11. Here's two different pieces from St Omer (latin name `Odomarensis') a town in the Artois region, Northern France) The first is a fairly hard to find copper mereau (token) of 12 deniers struck in 1526 for use in the cathedral. The second was issued in 1730 for Bishop Joseph Alphons de Valbelle. Not sure if the depiction of `lady luck' on the reverse was a particularly good PR decision . Given that the reverse is dated 1723, i'm still trying to figure out what earlier jeton that reverse also appeared on. Although i have seen a few of these jetons appear on the market very recently (four to be exact), the jeton is actually quite scarce. This one was actually the highest grade of those available on the market......and to my good fortune...it was also the cheapest.
  12. ....noses to one side for the moment, here's another jeton that was struck this time in 1750 for `La Madeleine', this time during the reign of Louis XV.
  13. I just bought one of these a couple of weeks ago but haven't had the time to do my research on it as yet. Maybe Pegasus took to flight when it saw two scantily clad soldiers dancing with a giant fleur de lis (?)
  14. Dark toned original and uncirculated example of the jeton struck for the Committee des Procureurs du Chatelet de Paris in 1664. Anyone following the latest television remake of The Three Musketeers will have heard reference being made to the prison at Le Chatelet. This jeton shows what the entrance to it looked like in 1664.
  15. Finally managed to get an example of this jeton for my own collection
  16. This one, minted for the `Compagnie D'Assurances Generales Contre L'incendie' circa 1910, was engraved by Oscar Roty.
  17. Apart from being left with a sinking feeling, it must have looked a bit fishy to the investors (cod forgive me for saying that!). Upon my sole, they must have lost the plaice when the company floundered. There is (in present time) a Paris based insurance company of the same name but it has no commonalty (other than by name) to the one in question.
  18. another relatively hard to find jeton de presence minted for `L'Avenir', a french maritime assurer, and issued the same year as the inauguration of the company (1838). it does not appear that the company survived all that long. No records exist according to Gailhouste.
  19. Here's one for the `Communaute des Distillateurs et Marchands d'Eau de Vie' . That is, the Association of Distillers and Spirit Merchants (eg Brandy)'. It's quite hard to find examples of jetons of this particular commercial activity and when you do the price tends to be `up there' and the condition not to brilliant. I was luckier than expected with the price given that the condition is about as good as it gets.
  20. .......this one minted for the Dean of the Academy of Surgery in 1723
  21. I'm a really happy bunny concerning this one. Gailhouste doesn't even have a picture of it in his 1993 book `Numismatique de L'Assurance'.. He does say (very roughly translated from french....) " I haven't found the jeton from this society. Gauvin doesn't mention either the date of its founding or its disappearance". description: Obverse: a steam boat heading left. `Stern Aumoitte / Paris' in exergue Reverse:`Compagnie Maritime De La Mediterranee' Oval shield of Marseille on a cartouche capped by a five towered crown. below (the crown) and anchor,caduceus, trident, and other maritime emblems. `Marseille' below. No dates known for the distribution of this jeton, however the edge marking (hand with pointing finger) indicates it was struck at La Medaille, Paris between 1845-60. First example i've ever come across either in image or in the flesh. Not a particularly `cheap' purchase for this rather tight fisted Scot, but I didn't argue with the price and was more than happy to buy it before the rest of the world became aware it was on the market.
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