Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
May 2023 World CCO Auction 16-19 May 2023
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FRANCE. Chemical Trade Syndicate Octagonal Silver Jeton, ND (ca. 1860-79). Paris Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-64.
Diameter: 25mm; Weight: 8.45 gms. Commemorating the founding of the syndicate. Obverse: FONDÉE EN 1860, bust of Hermes/Mercury (representing commerce) set upon stack of books; jars, palette, and lab equipment around; Reverse: CHAMBRE / SYNDICALE / DES PRODUITS / CHIMIQUES in four lines; star below; all within oak wreath. Edge: [bee] ARGENT. Extremely elegant and brilliant, with attractive toning revealed when cradled back and forth. Fairly RARE and highly alluring, and the only such occurrence of the type in the PCGS census.
Estimate: $150 - $250
Diameter: 25mm; Weight: 8.45 gms. Commemorating the founding of the syndicate. Obverse: FONDÉE EN 1860, bust of Hermes/Mercury (representing commerce) set upon stack of books; jars, palette, and lab equipment around; Reverse: CHAMBRE / SYNDICALE / DES PRODUITS / CHIMIQUES in four lines; star below; all within oak wreath. Edge: [bee] ARGENT. Extremely elegant and brilliant, with attractive toning revealed when cradled back and forth. Fairly RARE and highly alluring, and the only such occurrence of the type in the PCGS census.
Estimate: $150 - $250