Bill Snyder Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Can anyone shed some light on the small (14mm x 2.3mm thick) brass piece? The devices on the actual item are incuse and reversed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satootoko Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Babelfish translates the first legend as "Take Guard Has You". Since all legends are in French, it's a safe bet that it's a French token of some sort. Use of "Liberte" without the rest of the French national motto is pretty conclusive evidence that it is not a coin. Are your pictures of the item, or of clay squeezed with each side? If the letters are "reversed" as well as incuse, it is obviously a die for the token. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Babelfish translates the first legend as "Take Guard Has You". Ce poisson n'a pas raison. Actually "a" can mean "has", but "à" means something different. So "Prenez garde à vous" probably translates to something like "Take care of you". On the other side, "Liberté liberté liberté chérie" means "dear liberty" or "beloved liberty". But I cannot say anything about the token (?) itself, sorry. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 cant be of help on this one, must say I have never seen on like it...but it sure is interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Ce poisson n'a pas raison. Actually "a" can mean "has", but "à" means something different. So "Prenez garde à vous" probably translates to something like "Take care of you". On the other side, "Liberté liberté liberté chérie" means "dear liberty" or "beloved liberty". But I cannot say anything about the token (?) itself, sorry. Christian Taken less literally, I wonder if "Prenez garde à vous" might translate better as "Watch out!" or "Be on your guard!" (against snakes in the grass). The rearing horse has no saddle or reins, which suggests that it is both wild and free. Maybe it's from a (former?) French colony? Haiti perhaps? Or, less likely, Algeria? The style suggests manufacture in the 18th or 19th century to me, so I'll go with Haiti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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