Auction Catalogue
Medals of the Early Colonial Period and the European Heritage, Compagnie Française des Indes Orientales, 1723, a silver jeton signed I.B., two Indians with bows as supporters to crowned shield, rev. starboard portrait of ship in full sail, 31mm, 7.72g (Betts 113). About very fine, toned £90-120
Provenance: Bt W. Baker.
La Compagnie Française des Indes Orientales was founded in 1664 to compete with the British and Dutch in India, later encompassing Cayenne, Canada and Madagascar
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