Live auction - fjt_1009364 - COIN PURSE, WALLET Porte-louis, Edelweiss n.d.
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| Estimate : | 200 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 18 November 2025 18:40:17 |
Type : Porte-louis, Edelweiss
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver plated metal
Diameter : 65 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 33,79 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Traces d’oxydations créant des taches blanches à l’intérieur et de rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE .
Obverse description : Représentation de branche et têtes d’edelweiss.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE .
Reverse description : Représentation de branche et têtes d’edelweiss.
Commentary
Dimensions : 55,5*31 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 encore doré présente le motif d’edelweiss en négatif, les emplacements pour mettre les pièces sont guillochés formant un motif discret de rosace.
Dimensions: 55.5 x 31 mm (excluding the bail). This rectangular coin holder 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 still-gilt interior of the lid features a negative edelweiss motif, and the coin slots are guillochéd to form a subtle rosette pattern.
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 encore doré présente le motif d’edelweiss en négatif, les emplacements pour mettre les pièces sont guillochés formant un motif discret de rosace.
Dimensions: 55.5 x 31 mm (excluding the bail). This rectangular coin holder 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 still-gilt interior of the lid features a negative edelweiss motif, and the coin slots are guillochéd to form 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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