Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
May 2022 Hong Kong Auction 3-9 May 2022
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(t) CHINA. China - France. Bronze Merchant's Jeton, ND (ca. 1900). PCGS AU-50.
Diameter: 24mm. Obverse: Male bust left, wearing rice hat and with caricatured features; Reverse: Inscription in 5 lines: "AU CHINOIS / SES PRODUITS / AU CONSOMMATEUR / A / L'APPRECIER". This lot offers a seldom seen Jeton from France that highlights just how instrumental China had become to international trade by the beginning of the 20th century. Nicely struck, though the brassy surfaces slightly worn. VERY RARE, albeit it fairly stereotypical.
Estimate: $500 - $750
Diameter: 24mm. Obverse: Male bust left, wearing rice hat and with caricatured features; Reverse: Inscription in 5 lines: "AU CHINOIS / SES PRODUITS / AU CONSOMMATEUR / A / L'APPRECIER". This lot offers a seldom seen Jeton from France that highlights just how instrumental China had become to international trade by the beginning of the 20th century. Nicely struck, though the brassy surfaces slightly worn. VERY RARE, albeit it fairly stereotypical.
Estimate: $500 - $750