Live auction - fjt_1009341 - COIN PURSE, WALLET Porte-louis, Branche de gui n.d.
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| Estimate : | 200 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 18 November 2025 18:38:17 |
Type : Porte-louis, Branche de gui
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰
Diameter : 61 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 26,66 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : Charançon
Coments on the condition:
Traces d’oxydations et de rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE .
Obverse description : Représentation de branche et têtes de gui sur un fond fait de nombreuse tiges.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE .
Reverse description : Représentation de branche et têtes de gui sur un fond fait de nombreuse tiges.
Commentary
Dimensions : 52*29 mm (sans la bélière)
Cet exemplaire, en forme de rectangle aux bords arrondis, s’ouvre et permet de placer une monnaie 20 francs Or (diamètre : 22,5 mm) et une monnaie de 10 francs or (20 mm).
L’intérieur du couvercle présente le motif du gui en négatif, les emplacements pour mettre les pièces sont guillochés formant un motif de fleur.
On note deux motifs d’entrelacs floraux entre les emplacements recevant les monnaies.
Sur l’anneau de suspension sont poinçonnés le titrage 800, un cheval, une couronne et les initiales “JB”, et, sur le bouton poussoir, deux poinçons charançons, utilisés pour les ouvrages d’importation après 1893. Le poinçon “JB” est également visible à l’intérieur sur un des rebords pour l’emplacement de la 20 francs, ainsi que sur le rebord de l’étui.
Dimensions: 52 x 29 mm (excluding the bail). This rectangular coin case with rounded edges opens to hold a 20-franc gold coin (22.5 mm diameter) and a 10-franc gold coin (20 mm diameter). The inside of the lid features a mistletoe motif in negative relief, while the coin slots are guilloché-engraved with a floral pattern. Two floral interlacing motifs are visible between the coin slots. The suspension ring is hallmarked with the 800 fineness mark, a horse, a crown, and the initials “JB.” The push button bears two weevil hallmarks, used for imported pieces after 1893. The “JB” hallmark is also visible inside on one of the rims for the 20-franc coin slot, as well as on the rim of the case.
Cet exemplaire, en forme de rectangle aux bords arrondis, s’ouvre et permet de placer une monnaie 20 francs Or (diamètre : 22,5 mm) et une monnaie de 10 francs or (20 mm).
L’intérieur du couvercle présente le motif du gui en négatif, les emplacements pour mettre les pièces sont guillochés formant un motif de fleur.
On note deux motifs d’entrelacs floraux entre les emplacements recevant les monnaies.
Sur l’anneau de suspension sont poinçonnés le titrage 800, un cheval, une couronne et les initiales “JB”, et, sur le bouton poussoir, deux poinçons charançons, utilisés pour les ouvrages d’importation après 1893. Le poinçon “JB” est également visible à l’intérieur sur un des rebords pour l’emplacement de la 20 francs, ainsi que sur le rebord de l’étui.
Dimensions: 52 x 29 mm (excluding the bail). This rectangular coin case with rounded edges opens to hold a 20-franc gold coin (22.5 mm diameter) and a 10-franc gold coin (20 mm diameter). The inside of the lid features a mistletoe motif in negative relief, while the coin slots are guilloché-engraved with a floral pattern. Two floral interlacing motifs are visible between the coin slots. The suspension ring is hallmarked with the 800 fineness mark, a horse, a crown, and the initials “JB.” The push button bears two weevil hallmarks, used for imported pieces after 1893. The “JB” hallmark is also visible inside on one of the rims for the 20-franc coin slot, as well as on the rim of the case.
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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