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SWITZERLAND: AE jeton (10.81g), Geneva, ND (1740-50), PCGS graded MS64 BN

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SWITZERLAND: AE jeton (10.81g), Geneva, ND (1740-50), PCGS graded MS64 BN
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SWITZERLAND: AE jeton (10.81g), Geneva, ND (1740-50), 32mm bronze jeton from the "Histoire de la République Romaine" series; DESINTERESSEMENT DE FABRICIUS A.R. 472, Fabricius and Pyrrhus standing facing // BONNE FOI DE FABRICIUS A.R. 474, Pyrrhus Receives Word from Fabricius of the Plot Against Him, a wonderful lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS64 BN. Engravers: Jean Dassier and his son Jacques Antoine Dassier. The Dassier family’s didactic "Histoire de la République Romaine" series is comprised of 60 medal types, struck in both silver and bronze, whose subjects are the principal figures and historical events of the Roman Republic. Although our historical sources for the dating of the series are not entirely in agreement, it appears to have been begun in 1740 and, after some delays, completed about 1750. The series was heavily promoted for the time, with the Dassiers publishing an explanatory booklet, Explication des médailles gravées par Jean Dassier & fils, représentant une suite de sujets tirés de l’histoire romaine, as well as translations in Italian, German, and English. The cost of subscription for a set in bronze was 45 livres, while a silver set cost 120 livres.