fjt_955499 - LOUIS PURSES, WALLETS Porte-louis, boîte allumettes, Royaume-Uni n.d.
150.00 €(Approx. 175.50$ | 129.00£)
Quantity
Add to your cart
Type : Porte-louis, boîte allumettes, Royaume-Uni
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 82,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 43,89 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire ayant été nettoyé. Présence de quelques rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : RA.
Obverse description : Monogramme gravé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : lisse.
Commentary
Dimensions : 82,5*34 mm (en comptant l’anneau de suspension)
Cet exemplaire peut contenir des monnaies d’un diamètre de 22,5 mm (souverains ou louis d’or) d’un côté, les poinçons anglais (lion + Z) sous le battant du petit couvercle, qui figure également sur le rebord de l’emplacement guilloché de la monnaie ; des allumettes au cul du porte-louis. Des poinçons sont visibles sur le rebord de l’ouverture des allumettes : J H + lion + Z + ancre.
Dimensions: 82.5*34 mm (including the suspension ring) This example can contain coins with a diameter of 22.5 mm (sovereigns or gold louis) on one side, the English hallmarks (lion + Z) under the flap of the small lid, which also appears on the edge of the guilloché location of the coin; matches at the bottom of the louis holder. Hallmarks are visible on the edge of the match opening: JH + lion + Z + anchor
Cet exemplaire peut contenir des monnaies d’un diamètre de 22,5 mm (souverains ou louis d’or) d’un côté, les poinçons anglais (lion + Z) sous le battant du petit couvercle, qui figure également sur le rebord de l’emplacement guilloché de la monnaie ; des allumettes au cul du porte-louis. Des poinçons sont visibles sur le rebord de l’ouverture des allumettes : J H + lion + Z + ancre.
Dimensions: 82.5*34 mm (including the suspension ring) This example can contain coins with a diameter of 22.5 mm (sovereigns or gold louis) on one side, the English hallmarks (lion + Z) under the flap of the small lid, which also appears on the edge of the guilloché location of the coin; matches at the bottom of the louis holder. Hallmarks are visible on the edge of the match opening: JH + lion + Z + anchor
Historical background
LOUIS PURSES, WALLETS
n/a
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.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellRelated articles
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
CHAMPAGNE - PROVINS AND SENS Denier XF
180.00 €
AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze au cheval et au sanglier, “type des dépôts d
24.00 €
LOUIS PURSES, WALLETS Porte-louis AU
90.00 €
ITALY - PRINCIPALTY OF LUCCA AND PIOMBINO - FELIX BACCIOCHI AND ELISA BONAPARTE
109.00 €
THESSALY - THESSALIAN LEAGUE Tetrobole ou denier XF/VF
145.00 €
THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS Tétradrachme MS
952.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
