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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 18 November 2025 17:37:16 |
Type : Porte-louis, Motifs floraux
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver plated metal
Diameter : 51 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 20,89 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Bel état, traces d’oxydations et de rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE .
Obverse description : Etui orné de motifs floraux, à l’avant un encart lisse devait sûrement permettre d’inscrire un monogramme.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE .
Reverse description : Etui orné de motifs floraux.
Commentary
Dimensions : 42*33 mm
Cet exemplaire, de forme ronde, s’ouvre et permet de placer une 20 francs or (diamètre : 22,5 mm).
L’intérieur encore doré est décoré de motif floraux en négatif, l’emplacement pour la pièce est décoré d’un guillochage formant un motif discret de rosace. Une gravure “XII” est visible sur les rebords des ouvertures.
Dimensions: 42 x 33 mm. This round coin opens to hold a 20-franc gold coin (22.5 mm diameter). The still-gilt interior is decorated with a floral motif in negative relief, and the coin slot features guilloché work forming a subtle rosette pattern. The number “XII” is engraved on the edges of the openings.
Cet exemplaire, de forme ronde, s’ouvre et permet de placer une 20 francs or (diamètre : 22,5 mm).
L’intérieur encore doré est décoré de motif floraux en négatif, l’emplacement pour la pièce est décoré d’un guillochage formant un motif discret de rosace. Une gravure “XII” est visible sur les rebords des ouvertures.
Dimensions: 42 x 33 mm. This round coin opens to hold a 20-franc gold coin (22.5 mm diameter). The still-gilt interior is decorated with a floral motif in negative relief, and the coin slot features guilloché work forming a subtle rosette pattern. The number “XII” is engraved on the edges of the openings.
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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