Live auction - fjt_1009317 - COIN PURSE, WALLET Porte-louis, 3 emplacements, Incrustations n.d.
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 18 November 2025 19:11:28 |
Type : Porte-louis, 3 emplacements, Incrustations
Date: n.d.
Metal : iron
Diameter : 60 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 48,70 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Présence de taches d’oxydation et quelques concrétions. Traces d’usure sur l’extérieur
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE .
Obverse description : Décor de petits points en relief (strass collés).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LISSE.
Commentary
Diamètre sans la bélière : 52*50,5 mm
Cet exemplaire, en forme de coeur, s’ouvre et permet de placer deux monnaies 20 francs Or (diamètre : 22,5 mm) et une monnaie de 10 francs or (20 mm).
Les emplacements sont cuivrés et guillochés formant un motif discret de rosace.
Diameter without the bail: 52 x 50.5 mm. This heart-shaped coin holder opens to hold two 20-franc gold coins (22.5 mm diameter) and one 10-franc gold coin (20 mm diameter). The slots are copper-plated and guilloché, forming a subtle rosette pattern.
Cet exemplaire, en forme de coeur, s’ouvre et permet de placer deux monnaies 20 francs Or (diamètre : 22,5 mm) et une monnaie de 10 francs or (20 mm).
Les emplacements sont cuivrés et guillochés formant un motif discret de rosace.
Diameter without the bail: 52 x 50.5 mm. This heart-shaped coin holder opens to hold two 20-franc gold coins (22.5 mm diameter) and one 10-franc gold coin (20 mm diameter). The slots are copper-plated and guilloché, forming a subtle rosette pattern.
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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