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Type : JULES GRÉVY PRESIDENT
Date: 1879
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,97 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, rayures et taches d’oxydation
Obverse
Obverse legend : J. GRÉVY PRÉSIDENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE.
Obverse description : Son buste, barbu, de face portant un grand cordon, probablement celui de la Légion d’honneur.
Reverse
Reverse legend : NÉ LE 15 AOUT 1813 (SIC !) A MONT - SOUS - VAUDREY ( JURA ) / ÉLU PRÉSIDENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE LE 30 JANVIER 1879.
Commentary
Bien que sa fiche wikipedia soit d’une complète discrétion sur le sujet sauf dans les renvois, ce fut le premier président de la République franc-maçon. Il fut initié dans une loge d’Arras, La Constante Amitié.
Impossible de comprendre comment ce jeton commémoratif contemporain des faits puisse se tromper sur l’année de naissance de Grévy, attestée partout comme étant 1807 et non 1813. Le métal semble être du zinc, sans certitude.
Although his Wikipedia entry is completely discreet on the subject except in the references, he was the first Freemason president of the Republic. He was initiated into a lodge in Arras, La Constante Amitié. It is impossible to understand how this contemporary commemorative token could be mistaken about Grévy's year of birth, attested everywhere as being 1807 and not 1813. The metal seems to be zinc, without certainty
Impossible de comprendre comment ce jeton commémoratif contemporain des faits puisse se tromper sur l’année de naissance de Grévy, attestée partout comme étant 1807 et non 1813. Le métal semble être du zinc, sans certitude.
Although his Wikipedia entry is completely discreet on the subject except in the references, he was the first Freemason president of the Republic. He was initiated into a lodge in Arras, La Constante Amitié. It is impossible to understand how this contemporary commemorative token could be mistaken about Grévy's year of birth, attested everywhere as being 1807 and not 1813. The metal seems to be zinc, without certainty
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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