E-auction 133-74191 - fjt_233351 - FRENCH THIRD REPUBLIC FÉLIX DE PARIEU, ministre présidant le Conseil d’État 1870
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 46 € |
| Maximum bid : | 77 € |
| End of the sale : | 02 November 2015 18:36:00 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : FÉLIX DE PARIEU, ministre présidant le Conseil d’État
Date: 1870
Metal : silver
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Obverse
Obverse description : Ses armoiries, couronnées et soutenues par deux lions dans un grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : M. L. P. FÉLIX ESQ. DE PARIEU MINISTRE PRÉSIDANT LE CONSEIL D’ÉTAT 1870.
Reverse description : dans un grènetis.
Commentary
De nombreux détails sont tout à fait anormaux concernant ce jeton. Techniquement il est frappe, remarquablement, sur un flan très fin à la tranche mal finie, très différent des jetons français standards de la période.
Il ne porte pas de poinçon ce qui laisse penser à une fabrication hors de France, probablement en Belgique et donc en exil pendant les événements de la Commune.
Le personnage semble tout à fait exceptionnel et précurseur, intellectuellement de l’Europe fédérale et de l’Union monétaire, président de la conférence sur l’Union latine. C’est ainsi que le présente sa biographie sur wikipedia à http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Esquirou_de_Parieu
On nonte l’anglomanie de l’époque avec la mention Esq. , abréviation de Esquire, version anglaise de écuyer, manière d’indiquer la présence de la personne dans la hiérarchie nobiliaire, même si sa noblesse au sens féodal était très discutable.
On notera les armoiries de l’avers qui, avec un écureuil, ne sont pas sans rappeler celles de Nicolas Fouquet : un inspirateur ?.
Many details are quite abnormal concerning this token. Technically it is struck, remarkably, on a very thin flan with a poorly finished edge, very different from the standard French tokens of the period. It does not bear a hallmark which suggests a manufacture outside France, probably in Belgium and therefore in exile during the events of the Commune. The character seems quite exceptional and a precursor, intellectually of federal Europe and the Monetary Union, president of the conference on the Latin Union. This is how his biography on Wikipedia presents him at http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Esquirou_de_Parieu We note the Anglomania of the time with the mention Esq., abbreviation of Esquire, English version of écuyer, a way of indicating the presence of the person in the noble hierarchy, even if his nobility in the feudal sense was very debatable. We will note the coat of arms on the obverse which, with a squirrel, is reminiscent of that of Nicolas Fouquet: an inspiration?
Il ne porte pas de poinçon ce qui laisse penser à une fabrication hors de France, probablement en Belgique et donc en exil pendant les événements de la Commune.
Le personnage semble tout à fait exceptionnel et précurseur, intellectuellement de l’Europe fédérale et de l’Union monétaire, président de la conférence sur l’Union latine. C’est ainsi que le présente sa biographie sur wikipedia à http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Esquirou_de_Parieu
On nonte l’anglomanie de l’époque avec la mention Esq. , abréviation de Esquire, version anglaise de écuyer, manière d’indiquer la présence de la personne dans la hiérarchie nobiliaire, même si sa noblesse au sens féodal était très discutable.
On notera les armoiries de l’avers qui, avec un écureuil, ne sont pas sans rappeler celles de Nicolas Fouquet : un inspirateur ?.
Many details are quite abnormal concerning this token. Technically it is struck, remarkably, on a very thin flan with a poorly finished edge, very different from the standard French tokens of the period. It does not bear a hallmark which suggests a manufacture outside France, probably in Belgium and therefore in exile during the events of the Commune. The character seems quite exceptional and a precursor, intellectually of federal Europe and the Monetary Union, president of the conference on the Latin Union. This is how his biography on Wikipedia presents him at http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Esquirou_de_Parieu We note the Anglomania of the time with the mention Esq., abbreviation of Esquire, English version of écuyer, a way of indicating the presence of the person in the noble hierarchy, even if his nobility in the feudal sense was very debatable. We will note the coat of arms on the obverse which, with a squirrel, is reminiscent of that of Nicolas Fouquet: an inspiration?
Historical background
FRENCH THIRD REPUBLIC
(4/09/1870-10/07/1940)
Thiers was overthrown by the monarchists on May 24, 1873 and replaced by Marshal Mac Mahon. The mandate of the president is extended to seven years by the Assembly. The attempt to restore the Monarchy in the person of Henry V fails, because the latter refuses to give up the white flag. The constitutional laws passed on November 30, 1875 will not be modified until 1940; they bring relative political stability and rule out monarchical re-establishment. The legislative conflict of 1877, which opposed Jules Simon and the Duke of Broglie, turns to the advantage of the Republicans. The Universal Exhibition of 1878 takes place at the Trocadéro. The telephone made its appearance in Paris in 1879. Mac Mahon, in conflict with the Assembly, resigned ("submit or resign"). Jules Grévy was elected in his place. Gambetta becomes President of the Chamber of Deputies. The Prince Imperial, son of Napoleon III, is massacred by the Zulus in English uniform. July 14 became a national holiday in 1880..
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