Live auction - fwo_950332 - RUSSIA - NICHOLAS I Module du Rouble argent Thonnelier 1845
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 200 € |
| Maximum bid : | 220 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 October 2024 18:11:21 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Module du Rouble argent Thonnelier
Date: 1845
Quantity minted : -
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 35,60 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,90 g.
Edge : lisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : MODULE / DU / ROUBLE / ARGENT.
Obverse description : en trois lignese.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRESSE / THONNELIER / ESSAYÉE A PARIS // LE 15 AOUT / 1845.
Reverse description : en cinq lignes.
Commentary
Il s’agit d’un essai de frappe sur la presse Thonnelier. Mise au point par l’ingénieur mécanicien Nicolas Thonnelier, la presse est entraînée par la vapeur, la pression exercée par un levier remplaçant la force mécanique du balancier. Frappant à une cadence de cinquante pièces par minute, elle fut installée en 1845 dans les ateliers de fabrication de la Monnaie de Paris et remplaça progressivement la frappe au balancier ou à vis. Elle sera aussi adoptée par la monnaie de Saint-Petersbourg.
This is a test strike on the Thonnelier press. Developed by mechanical engineer Nicolas Thonnelier, the press was driven by steam, with pressure exerted by a lever replacing the mechanical force of the balance. Striking at a rate of fifty coins per minute, it was installed in 1845 in the Paris Mint's manufacturing workshops and gradually replaced balance or screw striking. It would also be adopted by the St. Petersburg mint.
This is a test strike on the Thonnelier press. Developed by mechanical engineer Nicolas Thonnelier, the press was driven by steam, with pressure exerted by a lever replacing the mechanical force of the balance. Striking at a rate of fifty coins per minute, it was installed in 1845 in the Paris Mint's manufacturing workshops and gradually replaced balance or screw striking. It would also be adopted by the St. Petersburg mint.
Historical background
RUSSIA - NICHOLAS I
(1/12/1825-2/03/1855)
Nicholas I (7/07/1796-2/03/1855), second son of Paul I, is the brother of Alexander I and Grand Duke Constantin. On the death of his brother Alexander I, on December 1, 1825, and after the renunciation of his brother Constantine, he became Tsar of all the Russias and began by repressing the liberal movement of the Decembrists and then the uprising in Poland in 1831. After favoring the liberation of Greece, he poses as a defender of the Slavs and opposes the Turks. He finds on his way the English and the French. He died before the defeat of the Crimean War.
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