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E-auction 84-42983 - fjt_321164 - SAVINGS BANKS / CAISSES D'ÉPARGNE Caisse d’épargne 1822

SAVINGS BANKS / CAISSES D ÉPARGNE Caisse d’épargne AU
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Estimate : 24 €
Price : 13 €
Maximum bid : 17 €
End of the sale : 24 November 2014 19:12:00
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Caisse d’épargne
Date: 1822
Metal : silver
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : corne ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire superbe
Catalogue references :
Jacqmin44 a

Obverse

Obverse legend : CAISSE D’ÉPARGNE ET DE PRÉVOYANCE DE LYON// FONDÉE EN 1822.
Obverse description : Écu tourelé aux armes de Lyon ; au-dessous signature ALB. - BARRE..

Reverse

Reverse legend : VADE AD FORMICAM// * PROV. - CAP. VI. - V. VI..
Reverse description : Fourmi dans une couronne d’épis.
Reverse translation : (Regarde la fourmi).

Commentary

Signature de part et d’autre de la pointe de l’écu. La légende "VADE AD FORMICAM, O PIGER..." "Regarde la fourmi, Ô paresseux..." provient du livre des proverbes de la Bible qui continue par "observe son comportement et apprends d'elle la sagesse". La fin de la phrase n’est plus reprise à partir de 1854.

Historical background

SAVINGS BANKS / CAISSES D'ÉPARGNE

Savings banks, imagined in the 18th century, were born in the 19th century with the Industrial Revolution and following generous ideas of protecting employees' savings and making savings productive while putting them at the service of society. Nation. The first savings and provident fund was created in Paris in 1818, then this example was followed in the provinces between 1819 and 1823 in Bordeaux, Rouen, Marseille, Nantes, Brest, Metz, Le Havre, Lyon, Troyes, Reims, etc. In the years 1830-1834, fifty-one new savings banks were created while in 1835, a law came to organize them. From 1835 to 1845, two hundred and sixty-three new funds appeared, private or municipal. In 1870, the territory had five hundred and twenty-five funds, including seven outside mainland France. Savings bank tokens and medals serve as attendance fees. The numismatics of savings banks was the subject of a study by Yves Jacqmin, Numismatics of private savings banks (tokens and medals), Paris: Le leopard d'or, 1987.

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