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FRANCE: AR jeton (21.79g), year VIII (1800), XF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Europe Start Price:35.00 USD Estimated At:40.00 - 60.00 USD
FRANCE: AR jeton (21.79g), year VIII (1800), XF
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This item SOLD at 2026 Sep 20 @ 10:12UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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FRANCE: AR jeton (21.79g), year VIII (1800), Feuardent-4951, Bramsen-29, Julius-778, Gadoury-2649, 36mm silver medal by Rambert Dumarest for the Bank of France; LA SAGESSE FIXE LA FORTUNE with Minerva holding shield on the left, left hand resting on the shoulder of Fortune, on the right, who pours a cornucopia on altar, DUMAREST in exergue // BANQUE / DE / FRANCE / AN VIII in four lines within laurel-wreath, official 19th century Paris mint restrike, ARGENT and privy mark, XF. This octagonal silver medal, known as a Banque de France Presence Jeton (Jeton de Présence), was struck to celebrate the founding of the Bank of France by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1800. These tokens were used to distribute financial payments or rewards to bank administrators and shareholders.