Live auction - fjt_1008540 - COIN PURSE, WALLET Porte-louis, niellé, Suisse n.d.
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 105 € |
| Maximum bid : | 185 € |
| End of the sale : | 18 November 2025 18:28:19 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Porte-louis, niellé, Suisse
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰
Diameter : 59,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 29,75 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Traces de coup d’oxydations et de rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Motif de galets d’argent noirci détouré d’argent.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Motif de galets d’argent noirci détouré d’argent.
Commentary
Dimensions sans bélière : 52*30 mm
Cet exemplaire, de forme arrondi légèrement ovale, s’ouvre et permet de placer une monnaie 20 francs Or (diamètre : 22,5 mm) et une monnaie de 10 francs or (20 mm)
Les emplacements pour mettre les pièces sont guillochés.
Sur les emplacements pour les monnaies, on note un poinçon indiquant “NIEL HF” pour “Hugeunin frères” (en Suisse), un poinçon “84 / 0.875” pour le titrage de l’argent et enfin un croisant de lune et une couronne, symbole de la garantie allemande, ainsi qu’un ours debout au centre de chacun des emplacements.
Technique décorative délicate qui consiste à l’application d’un sulfure métallique coloré.
Dimensions without bail: 52 x 30 mm. This example, with its slightly oval, rounded shape, opens to hold a 20-franc gold coin (diameter: 22.5 mm) and a 10-franc gold coin (20 mm). The coin slots are guilloché. Each coin slot bears a hallmark indicating “NIEL HF” for “Hugeunin frères” (in Switzerland), a hallmark “84 / 0.875” indicating the silver content, and finally, a crescent moon and crown, the symbol of the German guarantee, as well as a standing bear in the center of each slot. This delicate decorative technique involves the application of colored metallic sulfide.
Cet exemplaire, de forme arrondi légèrement ovale, s’ouvre et permet de placer une monnaie 20 francs Or (diamètre : 22,5 mm) et une monnaie de 10 francs or (20 mm)
Les emplacements pour mettre les pièces sont guillochés.
Sur les emplacements pour les monnaies, on note un poinçon indiquant “NIEL HF” pour “Hugeunin frères” (en Suisse), un poinçon “84 / 0.875” pour le titrage de l’argent et enfin un croisant de lune et une couronne, symbole de la garantie allemande, ainsi qu’un ours debout au centre de chacun des emplacements.
Technique décorative délicate qui consiste à l’application d’un sulfure métallique coloré.
Dimensions without bail: 52 x 30 mm. This example, with its slightly oval, rounded shape, opens to hold a 20-franc gold coin (diameter: 22.5 mm) and a 10-franc gold coin (20 mm). The coin slots are guilloché. Each coin slot bears a hallmark indicating “NIEL HF” for “Hugeunin frères” (in Switzerland), a hallmark “84 / 0.875” indicating the silver content, and finally, a crescent moon and crown, the symbol of the German guarantee, as well as a standing bear in the center of each slot. This delicate decorative technique involves the application of colored metallic sulfide.
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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