Assurance mutuelle mobilière parisienne contre l’incendie

Features

Location	France
King	Louis Philippe I (Louis-Philippe Ier) (1830-1848)
Type	Attendance tokens › Bank and insurance company shareholder tokens
Year	1837
Composition	Gold
Weight	26.52 g
Diameter	36 mm
Shape	Octagonal (8-sided)
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 572559
References	Gailhouste# 625 Raymond Gailhouste; 2002. Numismatique de l'Assurance française 1670-2002: jetons royaux, jetons et médailles des dix-neuvème et vingtième siècles, jetons des sociétés de secours mutuels, des caisses de retraite et de prévoyance et assimilées = royal tokens, tokens and medals from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, tokens from mutual aid societies, pension and provident funds and similar organizations. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco. , Fr# 511 Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes).

Obverse

Arms of Paris surmounted by two joined hands, crowned on a mantle. Signed at 6 o'clock. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ꕥ ASSCE MUTUELLE MOBILIERE PARISIENNE. ꕥ
SECURITE
ECONOMIE
MICHAUT
CRE L'INCENDIE

Unabridged legend:
Assurance mutuelle mobilière parisienne
contre l'incendie.

Engraver: Auguste-François Michaut

Reverse

Eight-line inscription within a beaded circle, with a bee in the lower third. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LE PRINCIPE
DE LA MUTUALITE
C'EST LA GARANTIE
DE CHACUN PARTOUT
LE MONDE AU PRIX
LE PLUS ABAISSE
I DECEMBRE
1837.

Edge

Smooth, bow stamp and inscription. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: OR

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Albin-Étienne de Cambry, Mint Master, Monnaie de Paris (1842-1845)

Comments

In his remarkable book, Me Gailhouste writes: "Nice token bearing the date December 1, 1837. The society was taken over by the Fraternelle Parisienne at an unknown date".

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1837

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