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France - 1806

Notaires de Château-Thierry. (Tiolier.)

Obverse:

M^RS. LES NOT^RES. DE LARROND. DE CHATEAU-THIERRY. Les armes de l'empire.

Exergue:

Dessous, deux branches en sautoir et entre elles: TIOLIER.

Size:

34 mm.

Vern's Comments:

This is just a strange example. It is silver on the obverse and copper on the reverse. I suspect this is a trial strike of some sort, made during the course of the engraving of the dies. It is clearly the identified jeton but the reverse is missing the artist's name, which was usually the last thing engraved. On the obverse the '45' have not been engraved. Careful examination of the piece confirms this, the numbers have not been worn off.

This links to a page displaying what is certainly a uniface trial strike of the reverse. It is paper thin tin that has been crudely trimmed.

Bramsen:

Jeton, 34 mm. - Inédite; cabinet de l'auteur.

d'Essling:

d'Essling - 1847
Chateau-Thierry. Notaires, 1806 (Tiolier).

Armes impériales.

R. Le Gnomon.

(TN. 15.9 - B. 593) Arg. 34 mm.