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France - 1804

Le couronnement - 2nd

Obverse
Obverse:
Middle period portrait, somewhat crude, facing right, laureated.
Legend:
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR
Size:
25 mm.
Reverse
Reverse:
Two cornucopia crossed in front of an olive tree.
Legend:
FRIEDE UND GLÜK (PEACE AND LUCK)
Exergue:
IETTON

Vern's Comments:

 
The second example onsite. Like the other, this was cheap, about $4 twenty plus years ago.

Edwards:

Edwards - 49
Plate IV. No. 1 2nd December, 1804. Jetton.
Napoleon.
R. Peace and happiness.
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR. Laureated head, to the right.
R. FRIEDE UND GLÜK [Glueck] (Peace and happiness.) Two horns of plenty, crosswise, mantle, and between them an olive branch. Exergue: IETTON [25"]
Inedited. Cabinet of Madame Sœhnée.
This and the following jettons as far as No. 5, were struck in Germany, at the epoch of Napoleon's coronation.

Bramsen:

Bramsen - 342
Le couronnement.
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR. Tête laurée, à droite.
Rev: FRIEDE UND GLÜK (!). Cornes d'abondance en sautoir, et au milieu une branche d'olivier.
Exergue: IETTON (!).
Jeton 25 mm. - T. N. 4, 1.

Le couronnement - 2nd

obverse

Le couronnement - 2nd

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