3.6 Francs - Aux Trois François

Features

Location Belgium
Type Promotional items › Advertising token
Years 1889-1891
Value 3.6 Francs
Composition Brass
Weight 2.4 g
Diameter 21.3 mm
Thickness 1 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
53842

Obverse

Quand au chapeau dit « Trois-François », il doit son nom à un chapelier de Liège, Desfrançois, qui lança le chapeau à trois francs so (xante). Si le calembour avait fait fortune, le chapelier également ! (sources : André Balériaux. Août 14 : de Sarajevo à Charleroi)....

Script: Latin

Lettering:
AUX TROIS FRANCOIS
Rue Neuve 56 BRUXELLES

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LA PLUS GRANDE CHAPELLERIE DE LA BELGIQUE
3F60

Comments

As for the "Trois-François" hat, it owes its name to a Liège hatmaker, Desfrançois, who launched the hat at three francs soi(xante). If the pun had made his fortune, so had the hatmaker! (source: André Balériaux, August 14: from Sarajevo to Charleroi)....Automatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1889-1891) 

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