Live auction - fjt_1008527 - COIN PURSE, WALLET Porte-louis, Publicitaire, Café Tortoni n.d.
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| Estimate : | 60 € |
| Price : | 30 € |
| Maximum bid : | 30 € |
| End of the sale : | 18 November 2025 18:29:19 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Porte-louis, Publicitaire, Café Tortoni
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : 30 - Nîmes
Metal : silver plated metal
Diameter : 43 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 35,80 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Traces d’oxydation et de rayures. Aspect nettoyé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Rayé de fines bandes créant un motif semblable à une fourure .
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Rayé de fines bandes créant un motif semblable à une fourrure .
Commentary
Dimensions sans bélière : 36,5*62,5 mm
Cet exemplaire, de forme rectangle arrondi, 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 dorés et guillochés formant un motif discret de rosace. L’intérieur du couvercle est recouvert de velours violet et porte en doré la mention “Café TORTONI / NIMES”.
Dimensions without bail: 36.5 x 62.5 mm. This rectangular coin holder opens to hold a 20-franc gold coin (22.5 mm diameter) and a 10-franc gold coin (20 mm diameter). The coin slots are gilded and guilloché, forming a subtle rosette pattern. The inside of the lid is lined with purple velvet and bears the inscription “Café TORTONI / NIMES” in gold.
Cet exemplaire, de forme rectangle arrondi, 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 dorés et guillochés formant un motif discret de rosace. L’intérieur du couvercle est recouvert de velours violet et porte en doré la mention “Café TORTONI / NIMES”.
Dimensions without bail: 36.5 x 62.5 mm. This rectangular coin holder opens to hold a 20-franc gold coin (22.5 mm diameter) and a 10-franc gold coin (20 mm diameter). The coin slots are gilded and guilloché, forming a subtle rosette pattern. The inside of the lid is lined with purple velvet and bears the inscription “Café TORTONI / NIMES” in gold.
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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