Lawyers of the Court of Appeals, Paris

elverno

Dating from 1806 this is a jeton de presence, essentially an honorary payment for attendance.



Bramsen 597, 33mm.

CoinAddict

Beautiful design.

rhound1977

Neat, is it silver? Reminds me of some of the French Indo China coin designs.....

farthing

Very nice!

coinrookie

Great design. Think of how many countries coins have been influenced by that design.

Steve

AuldFartte

Wonderful design, Vern

elverno

Thanks guys. I really don't know why I love these jetons de presence so much. Maybe it's the eight sides!

Probably though it's because they're little tokens of business life. That's an aspect you don't see that often (Conder
tokens being the huge exception) but the impact of numismatics on business life. The jetons de presence were a
way to acknowledge attendence at meetings by individuals who were seldom compensated for their service. It
was fairly common to serve on a board for a company for no compensation, as well as charitable organizations.

Here's a jeton from a church organization, with the pastor's initials on the reverse:


Oh yeah, I forgot; the first medal is made of silver. Copper ones like the one above are considerably more scarce.