E-auction 636-637456 - fnc_936571 - MAISON BERNOT FRERES 50 Centimes Paris

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Estimate :	10 €
Price :	4 €
Maximum bid :	4 €
End of the sale :	23 June 2025 19:50:40
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : 50 Centimes

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Paris

Quantity minted : -

Metal : aluminium

Diameter : 27 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,4 g.

Edge : lisse

Catalogue references :

El.M35.1 p.318

Obverse

Obverse legend : MON BERNOT FRES / 158, RUE LAFAYETTE / PARIS / BON POUR 1 SAC VIDE / 50C/-.

Obverse description : Jeton troué en son centre..

Reverse

Reverse legend : LOCATION 10C/. / CHAQUE SAC / EN BON ETAT / ACCOMPAGNE DE CE / JETON SERA DONC / REPRIS POUR / 40C.

Commentary

Créée en 1880, la Maison Bernot Frères est une importante société de commerce de charbon dont le siège est situé alors au 158 rue Lafayette à Paris. A son apogée, elle dispose d’une quinzaine de dépôt. Elle commercialise entre autres le boulet Bernot qui est le charbon du pauvre.
Founded in 1880, Maison Bernot Frères was a major coal trading company whose headquarters were located at 158 rue Lafayette in Paris. At its peak, it had around fifteen warehouses. Among other things, it sold the Bernot ball, which was the poor man's coal.