Ian Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 A scarce example of a trial strike in tin of a jeton issued for the exclusively female Fine Linen Merchants Guild of Paris. St Veronique was the guild's patron saint and the jetons issued during the reign of Louis XV have `Veronica' within a crown of thorns set on fine linen as the reverse design. There are three known obverse legend variants with at least three different busts of Louis XV used during the period these jetons were issue, ranging from a juvenile bust through to adult. The reverse is common to all of the jetons issued during the reign of Louis XV and therefore they are all dated 1719. This example however was most likely struck as a trial pairing the reverse with the `adult' bust and therefore struck circa 1745+ . The second jeton was struck in silver and sports a younger bust of Louis XV and probably circa 1725. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Wonderful stuff, Ian, as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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