Auction Catalogue

3 April 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals and Banknotes

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 458

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3 April 1998

Hammer Price:
£25

Compagnie d’Assurances Maritimes, Le Havre, 1860, an octagonal silver jeton by A.A. Caqué, 35mm; Compagnie des Eaux Thermales de Vichy, c.1860, an octagonal silver jeton, unsigned, 34mm; Loge Anglaise, Bordeaux, c.1870, a Freemason’s copper medalet by R. Stern, 28mm (BDM V, 682) [3]. Last extremely fine, others about very fine, first toned, second with ring for suspension (£20-30)

Vichy (dep. Allier), the world-famous spa city, became highly fashionable thanks to the visits and patronage of Napoleon III in the 1850s and 1860s