Not available.
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : CLUB DES CORDELIERS, jeton N° 114
Date: 1790
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,49 g.
Edge : brute
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SOUS LA PRESIDENCE DE GEORGE JACQUES DANTON ; À L’EXERGUE 1790.
Obverse description : Bannière surmontée d'un bonnet phrygien inscrit LIBERTAS.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DISTRICT DES CORDELIERS ; À L’EXERGUE, EN DEUX LIGNES : UNION FRATERNEL / ET 4 EN CREUX.
Reverse description : Écu posé sur une base, inscrit en trois lignes LA LOI / ET / LE ROI, entouré de lacs d'amour.
Commentary
La cotisation annuelle au club des Cordeliers était de 24 sols soit le salaire journalier d'un ouvrier spécialisé. Si le recrutement de ce club est typiquement parisien et populaire, la direction du club est entre les mains de riches bourgeois et révolutionnaires tel Georges Danton (1759-1794) qui a fondé le club avec Marat.
On peut légitimement se demander si le titulaire de l’exemplaire n° 5 était l’un des fondateurs ? Il a en tous cas souvent fréquenté le club, son jeton ayant manifestement beaucoup eté montré. Qui était le n° 5 ? Mystère... .
The annual membership fee to the Cordeliers Club was 24 sols, the equivalent of a skilled worker's daily wage. While membership in this club was typically Parisian and popular, its management was in the hands of wealthy bourgeois and revolutionaries such as Georges Danton (1759-1794), who founded the club with Marat. One might legitimately wonder if the owner of copy No. 5 was one of the founders? In any case, he often frequented the club, as his token was clearly widely displayed. Who was No. 5? A mystery...
On peut légitimement se demander si le titulaire de l’exemplaire n° 5 était l’un des fondateurs ? Il a en tous cas souvent fréquenté le club, son jeton ayant manifestement beaucoup eté montré. Qui était le n° 5 ? Mystère... .
The annual membership fee to the Cordeliers Club was 24 sols, the equivalent of a skilled worker's daily wage. While membership in this club was typically Parisian and popular, its management was in the hands of wealthy bourgeois and revolutionaries such as Georges Danton (1759-1794), who founded the club with Marat. One might legitimately wonder if the owner of copy No. 5 was one of the founders? In any case, he often frequented the club, as his token was clearly widely displayed. Who was No. 5? A mystery...
Historical background
CONSTITUTION - CLUB DES CORDELIERS
The annual subscription to the club was 24 sols, the daily wage of a skilled worker. If the recruitment of this club is typically Parisian and popular, the management of the club is in the hands of wealthy bourgeois and revolutionaries such as Georges Danton (1759-1794) who founded the club with Marat.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellYour Recently Viewed Items
5 Francs FEMME CASQUÉE FRANCE 1923 F.03.07 XF+
40.00 €
50 Centimes FRANCE regionalism and miscellaneous Orléans et Blois 1921 JP.096.0
50.00 €
LOUIS XV THE BELOVED Sixième d'écu de France 1721 Reims VF/XF
75.00 €
PORTUGAL 2 Euro 60e ANNIVERSAIRE DE LA DÉCLARATION UNIVERSELLE DES DROITS DE L
5.00 €
LIBERIA 50 Cents femme africaine 1960 Philadelphie XF
8.00 €
100 Francs DELACROIX FRANCE 1978 F.68.03 et F.69.01b VF
120.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
