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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2572872, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><b>France: silver jeton of Louis XV, &quot;Aurora in cloud chariot&quot;, undated (ca. 1740)</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/France-LouisXV-jeton-014500-coin-800x500.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/France-LouisXV-jeton-014500-slab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Obverse:</b> LUD. XV. REX CHRISTIANISS, bust of Louis XV right.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Reverse:</b> LATE.CVNCTA.PROFVNDIT., female deity or personification Aurora(?) in biga (two-horse chariot) galloping right through clouds, holding torch or candle.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">Feuardent-13203, PCGS AU58, cert. #32657468. Ex-Atlas Numismatics, 10/13/2015.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">These French jetons are often surprisingly inexpensive. One sees some spectacular ones from the 19th century, but I had to have this early 18th century example when I saw the toning and the reasonably modest price. Not too long ago, I briefly had another like it with the same Louis XV bust but a different reverse. They&#039;re roughly the size of a United States half-dollar. Big silver with nice toning and some history to it, already in PCGS plastic with a TrueView image? I couldn&#039;t resist it. Also, I later found out this is population 1 in all grades at PCGS as of late 2015, which is kind of neat, though not completely suprising.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">As to the symbolism of the reverse, interpretations vary, but I would agree with those who say the personification is that of Aurora, the Roman goddess of the dawn. One interpretation has it that here she represents Christianity bringing peace to the world, though I think of this more as a motif representing enlightenment in general. This was, of course, struck during the era commonly referred to as the Age of Enlightenment.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Miscellaneous links:</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/France-LouisXV-jeton-014500-coin-lg.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/France-LouisXV-jeton-014500-coin-lg.jpg" rel="nofollow">Larger image</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/cert/32657468" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/cert/32657468" rel="nofollow">PCGS cert verification page</a> (with TrueView image link)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://forum.collectors.com/messageview.aspx?catid=26&amp;threadid=952345" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forum.collectors.com/messageview.aspx?catid=26&amp;threadid=952345" rel="nofollow">Secondary discussion about this piece</a> (Collectors Universe US Coins forum)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Wikipedia links:</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeton" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeton" rel="nofollow">Jeton</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XV_of_France" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XV_of_France" rel="nofollow">Louis XV of France</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(mythology)" rel="nofollow">Aurora</a> (mythology)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment]" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment]" rel="nofollow">Age of Enlightenment</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">When posted here, this coin had been recently sold from my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/page-2" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/page-2">&quot;Eclectic Box of 20&quot; collection</a>.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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