Ian Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Silver jeton struck in 1712, during the reign of Louis XIV, for the clergy / church wardens of Notre Dame (Rouen). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Silver jeton struck in 1712, during the reign of Louis XIV, for the clergy / church wardens of Notre Dame (Rouen). Interesting design Ian. Looks to have seen some use. Maybe a pocket piece for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Interesting design Ian. Looks to have seen some use. Maybe a pocket piece for a while. Yep. It has probably been passed on by a fair number of hands in the past 300 years. Bear in mind that it is coin grade silver and as such is likely to have ended up used in commerce (in one form or another). The number struck is unknown but unlikely to have been more than a few hundred. I haven't come across many examples of this jeton and the ones I have seen are generally the same or lower grade than my example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 I think the monogram is TB for Thomas Bernard, he did used TB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagerap Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 This has solved a fifty something year old mystery. My father had one of these on which only the figures were ( barely) visible. Not one scrap of lettering to identify it. I suspect that it eventually landed up in the melting pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 The artist /engraver was indeed Thomas Bernard, who died in 1713. This must have been one of his last pieces of work. The obverse depicts the Virgin Mary The revers shows four people on the ground in prayer, JC in the air with his mother Mary kneeling at his feet. In the exergue is (roughly translated) `The sisterhood of the blessed Virgin Mary, our lady (Notre Dame) of Rouen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 That's a really neat find Ian. You are tempting me to go after some sort of token collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 ....so what's stopping you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 ....so what's stopping you? Just too many things going on now to take the time to pursue another avenue of the hobby. I haven't even paid much attention to my main focus areas in the past years. I'm hoping that my concentration in 2016 will allow more collection time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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