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Live auction - fjt_1075965 - COIN PURSE, WALLET Porte-louis, tube pour souverains n.d.
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| Estimate : | 70 € |
| Price : | 35 € |
| Maximum bid : | 35 € |
| End of the sale : | 18 November 2025 17:19:21 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Porte-louis, tube pour souverains
Date: n.d.
Metal : various
Diameter : 63,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 52,41 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Présence de rayures sur le métal. Petite manque de cuir et points noirs
Obverse
Obverse legend : 20 / - / 1000.
Obverse description : Nombre en relief.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LISSE.
Commentary
Dimensions : 63,5*27 mm - Diamètre extérieur : 27 mm et intérieur : 22,5 mm
Cet exemplaire en métal argenté plaqué cuir sur l’extérieur, en forme de tube, peut contenir des souverains.
Porte-louis de fabrication anglaise et destiné à la gente masculine au vue du style.
Dimensions: 63.5 x 27 mm - Outer diameter: 27 mm, inner diameter: 22.5 mm. This silver-plated metal coin purse, with a leather-like exterior, is tube-shaped and can hold sovereigns. Made in England, it appears to be intended for men, judging by its style.
Cet exemplaire en métal argenté plaqué cuir sur l’extérieur, en forme de tube, peut contenir des souverains.
Porte-louis de fabrication anglaise et destiné à la gente masculine au vue du style.
Dimensions: 63.5 x 27 mm - Outer diameter: 27 mm, inner diameter: 22.5 mm. This silver-plated metal coin purse, with a leather-like exterior, is tube-shaped and can hold sovereigns. Made in England, it appears to be intended for men, judging by its style.
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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