FRANCE, First Republic. Consulat. temp. Napoléon Bonaparte. Premier Consul, 1799-1804. AR Jeton (36mm, 24.07 g, 12h). Banque de France. By Dumarest. Dated L'An 8 (AD 1800). LA SAGESSE FIXE LA FORTUNE, Minerva standing right, resting hand on shield and placing other hand on shoulder of Fortuna, standing left, resting overflowing cornucopia on plinth between them; wheel to right / BANQUE/ De/ FRANCE/ AN VIII within wreath. Bramsen 29; Feuardant 4951. Toned with hints of iridescence. Near EF.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Egon Beckenbauer, August 1966.