Item number: A1415

Year: AD 1870-1950

Material: Bronze

Size: 30.9 x 30.9 x 2.6 mm

Weight: 15.25 g

Manufactured by: The Paris Mint

Provenance: CGB Numismatics Paris 2024

This is an advertising token that may have been issued by the French Administration of Coins and Medals (Administration des Monnaies et Médailles) between AD 1870 and 1950. The obverse design likely reused motifs from earlier commemorative coins.

The obverse features various tools used in weighing and minting coins, including a balance scale, hammer, mould, file, and a wicker basket filled with coins. Above these elements is the Latin inscription “DANT PONDUS,” meaning “to give weight.” On the original commemorative coin, this inscription was paired with “Dant pretium,” meaning “to give value.” Below is the phrase “AJUSTEURS DE LA MONNOYE DE PARIS 1767,” which translates to “Adjusters of the Paris Mint.” The role of these adjusters was to adjust newly minted coins by trimming them to meet their statutory weight, which explains the depiction of tools such as the balance scale and file. In AD 1767, King Louis XV ordered the relocation of the Paris Mint to its current site at Quai de Conti, commemorating the move with a coin. The obverse of this advertising token likely derives from the design of that commemorative coin, issued around AD 1767, although the original coin’s reverse did not include advertising elements.

The reverse of the token features a central advertisement reading “MAGASIN DE VENTE 10 RUE DU QUATRE-SEPTEMBRE PARIS,” indicating the shop’s location at 10 Rue du Quatre-Septembre in Paris. Rue du Quatre-Septembre was named in AD 1870 to commemorate the establishment of the French Third Republic. Surrounding the advertisement is the phrase “ADMINISTRATION DES MONNAIES ET MÉDAILLES,” identifying the issuing authority as the French Administration of Coins and Medals. The abbreviations on both sides, “N.F.” and “B.R.”, respectively, might indicate the engraver’ mark.

On AD 1 July 1950, the French Administration of Coins and Medals issued an almost identical advertising token. However, the later version referred to the shop as “Nouveau Magasin de vente” (New Sales Store), suggesting that the shop existed prior to this date.

物件編號: A1415

年代: 公元1870-1950年

材質: 青銅

尺寸: 30.9 x 30.9 x 2.6 mm

重量: 15.25 g

製造地: 巴黎鑄幣廠

來源: 巴黎錢幣收藏 2024

這是一枚可能於公元1870-1950年由法國貨幣和獎章管理局發行的廣告代幣，正面可能沿用了先前紀念幣的設計。

代幣的正面為秤量與鑄造硬幣的各種工具，有天秤、錘子、鑄模、銼刀和裝滿硬幣的籐籃。硬幣上方有拉丁文「DANT PONDUS」的銘文，意即「賦予重量」，在原先的紀念幣上，可以看到與「Dant pretium」連用，意即「賦予價值」。下方為「AJUSTEURS DE LA MONNOYE DE PARIS 1767」的字樣。意即「巴黎鑄幣廠的校準員」。校準員的工作是，在硬幣壓鑄完成後，切削硬幣以使出品的硬幣符合其法定的重量，這也是為什麼工具中有天秤與銼刀。公元1767年，路易十五決定將造幣廠遷往孔蒂碼頭(Quai de Conti)現址至今，並發行相關紀念幣，此廣告紀念幣之正面可能為公元1767年前後鑄幣廠紀念幣圖樣的沿用(原紀念幣背面並非廣告)。

代幣的背面中央為「MAGASIN DE VENTE 10 RUE DU QUATRE SEPTEMBRE PARIS」的廣告，表示商店販售的地點在巴黎九月四日大街十號。巴黎的九月四日大街是於公元1870年，為紀念法蘭西第三共和國的建立而定名至今。周圍環繞的是「ADMINISTRATION DES MONNAIES ET MEDAILLES」即該代幣的發行單位，法國的「貨幣和獎章管理局」。分別出現在兩面的「N.F.」、「B.R.」縮寫，可能是雕刻師的署名。

法國貨幣和獎章管理局在公元1950年7月1日曾發行形制幾乎相同的廣告代幣，只是介紹商店時使用了「Nouveau Magasin de vente」的字樣，即「新商店」，推測在這之前商店便已存在。