Live auction - fjt_1008379 - COIN PURSE, WALLET Porte-louis, Motifs floraux, Royaume-Uni (1909)
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| Estimate : | 120 € |
| Price : | 60 € |
| Maximum bid : | 80 € |
| End of the sale : | 18 November 2025 18:50:06 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Porte-louis, Motifs floraux, Royaume-Uni
Date: (1909)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 54,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 25,24 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : Lion
Coments on the condition:
Bel état mais en partie noircie. Traces de nettoyage
Obverse
Obverse legend : RW.
Obverse description : Au centre d’une fleur, un encart ovale porte le monogramme RW, le médaillon central accosté de feuilles arrondis et d’un motif stylisé de palmette à 6 et 12 heures.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE .
Reverse description : Dans un décor floral, 3 fleurs se distinguent comme étant au premier plan. Motif stylisé de palmette à 6 et 12 heures.
Commentary
Dimensions : 50,5*32,5 mm (sans compter la bélière)
Cet exemplaire, en forme de rectangle aux coins arrondis s’ouvre et permet de placer deux monnaies de diamètre de 21,5 mm et d’un diamètre de 18,5 mm.
Les emplacements pour mettre les pièces sont guillochés formant un motif discret de rosace.
Sur l’intérieur du couvercle on distingue quatre poinçons : EJH, une ancre, un lion passant et un K (correspondant probablement à l’année 1909), de plus on retrouve le lion et le K sur les pourtours des emplacements recevant les monnaies tandis que le lion se retrouve sur le guillochage des emplacements pour monnaies. Le lion se retrouve également sur le bouton permettant d’ouvrir l’étui.
Dimensions: 50.5 x 32.5 mm (excluding the loop). This rectangular coin case with rounded corners opens to hold two coins, one 21.5 mm in diameter and the other 18.5 mm in diameter. The coin slots are guilloché-engraved with a subtle rosette pattern. Four hallmarks are visible on the inside of the lid: EJH, an anchor, a lion passant, and a K (likely corresponding to the year 1909). The lion and the K are also found around the edges of the coin slots, while the lion is featured on the guilloché pattern of the coin slots. The lion is also found on the button used to open the case.
Cet exemplaire, en forme de rectangle aux coins arrondis s’ouvre et permet de placer deux monnaies de diamètre de 21,5 mm et d’un diamètre de 18,5 mm.
Les emplacements pour mettre les pièces sont guillochés formant un motif discret de rosace.
Sur l’intérieur du couvercle on distingue quatre poinçons : EJH, une ancre, un lion passant et un K (correspondant probablement à l’année 1909), de plus on retrouve le lion et le K sur les pourtours des emplacements recevant les monnaies tandis que le lion se retrouve sur le guillochage des emplacements pour monnaies. Le lion se retrouve également sur le bouton permettant d’ouvrir l’étui.
Dimensions: 50.5 x 32.5 mm (excluding the loop). This rectangular coin case with rounded corners opens to hold two coins, one 21.5 mm in diameter and the other 18.5 mm in diameter. The coin slots are guilloché-engraved with a subtle rosette pattern. Four hallmarks are visible on the inside of the lid: EJH, an anchor, a lion passant, and a K (likely corresponding to the year 1909). The lion and the K are also found around the edges of the coin slots, while the lion is featured on the guilloché pattern of the coin slots. The lion is also found on the button used to open 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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