E-auction 480-391694 - fjt_655016 - TIMBER INDUSTRY Crayons Mengin n.d.

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Estimate :	5 €
Price :	2 €
Maximum bid :	3 €
End of the sale :	27 June 2022 18:29:00
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Crayons Mengin

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : PARIS

Metal : brass

Diameter : 23,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,29 g.

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la collection G. BOHELAY

Obverse

Obverse legend : HOMMAGE À L’INVENTEUR A. PARIS.

Obverse description : Buste à la Don Quichotte de profil droit casqué de Mengin.

Reverse

Reverse legend : CRAYON MENGIN FG ST MARTIN 462, 20 CS LE CRAYON.

Commentary

Dans les années 1850, Mengin (ou Mangin) était à Paris un marchand de crayons dorés célèbre pour ses talents de vendeur et pour les tours de prestidigitateur qu'il effectuait avec ses crayons, voir http://www.inrp.fr/mnemo/web/vueNot.php?index=2679104 .
In the 1850s, Mengin (or Mangin) was a merchant in Paris selling golden pencils, famous for his salesmanship and for the magic tricks he performed with his pencils, see http://www.inrp.fr/mnemo/web/vueNot.php?index=2679104