fjt_1099924 - COIN PURSE, WALLET Porte-louis, 4 emplacements, lisse n.d.
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Price : 85.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2026)
Price : 85.00 €
Type : Porte-louis, 4 emplacements, lisse
Date: n.d.
Metal : iron
Diameter : 62 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 56,02 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, rayures et taches d’oxydation
Obverse
Obverse legend : LISSE.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LISSE.
Commentary
Diamètre sans la bélière : 53,50x53 mm
Cet exemplaire, en forme de carré, s’ouvre et permet de placer deux monnaies 20 francs Or (diamètre : 22,5 mm) et deux monnaies de 10 francs or (20 mm)
Les emplacements sont guillochés formant un motif discret de rosace
Le chiffre 3 est visible à l’intérieur du couvercle.
Diameter without the bail: 53.50 x 53 mm. This square-shaped coin holder opens to hold two 20-franc gold coins (22.5 mm diameter) and two 10-franc gold coins (20 mm diameter). The slots are guilloché, forming a subtle rosette pattern. The number 3 is visible inside the lid.
Cet exemplaire, en forme de carré, s’ouvre et permet de placer deux monnaies 20 francs Or (diamètre : 22,5 mm) et deux monnaies de 10 francs or (20 mm)
Les emplacements sont guillochés formant un motif discret de rosace
Le chiffre 3 est visible à l’intérieur du couvercle.
Diameter without the bail: 53.50 x 53 mm. This square-shaped coin holder opens to hold two 20-franc gold coins (22.5 mm diameter) and two 10-franc gold coins (20 mm diameter). The slots are guilloché, forming a subtle rosette pattern. The number 3 is visible inside the lid.
Historical background
COIN PURSE, WALLET
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From the Middle Ages until the middle of the 19th century, deniers, écus, and then the first francs and centimes, were carried in purses, alms pouches, or small leather change purses, often attached to the belt. When, in the second half of the 19th century, the Second Empire put into circulation more than one hundred million 20-franc gold coins minted with the image of Louis Napoleon III, it was necessary to create a safe and practical system for storing and individually transporting these precious coins. The craftsmen imagined the manufacture of a sort of coin box, which took the name of coin box, then gold holder, and quickly transformed into Louis holder, the first name of the Emperor, but also a reminder of the first gold Louis created at the end of the reign of Louis XIII in 1641.
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