| From information I've received from a friend I'm changing this identification
to Bramsen (#28) Thanks David! |
| The essence of his info is this: |
| Dumarest (the artist) signed in full on Bramsen #29 but used only
his first initial on 28. He died young. The obituary in "Le Moniteur"
contained remarks about his troubles with the medal mint: they often
broke his dies when hardening them, and he had to remake one five
times! There are varieties of several of his pieces because of mint
accidents. |
| |
| ... Like many of the others, this is a 'jeton de presence'. In
token payment to members of boards of directors and such they were
given these jettons when they attended meetings. For this reason the
jettons were struck in silver or (rarely) in gold. Bronze copies were
(and still are) sold by the mint. |
| This jeton is a restrike from the 1846-1860 period. At the time I purchased
it I didn't know the significance of the edge marks. |
