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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 20235, member: 283&quot;]France issued a number of jetons in both copper and silver for it&#039;s colonies in the americas (The Indies, Louisianna and Canada), all of which have generally been officially (and unofficially in some cases) restruck through the ages.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a collector of french jetons, it is only recently that I have turned my attention to the ones which also have an American connection. It was only a few weeks ago that I actually became aware of the Castorland jeton of the 1790&#039;s (it gets a mention in the Red Book but it didn&#039;t connect with me that it was in fact a jeton until recently) .</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a series of French jetons `Tresor Royal&#039; which celebrates the riches of the royal treasury. The 1725 issue of the `Tresor Royal&#039; jeton&nbsp; was made specifically for the Montreal based `Compagnie des Indes&#039; according to Edouard Frossard in his booklet `Franco-American Jetons&#039; (NY 1899). </p><p><br /></p><p>I recently managed to find a nice original example of the 1725 for my collection but doubt that I will be able to follow up on this with more originals judging by what I have seen of their prices in the US and Canada. Restrikes of the `colonies francaise&#039; jetons which were issued for collectors by Paris Mint in the late 1880&#039;s do seem to be a little more do-able although some of these cost as much as the originals due to their very low mintage numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the 1725 I have. The reverse is a river god (holding a cornucopia, directing the flow of the river, while standing on a crocodile or aligator...yah gotta give it the french to come up with something like that) The legend translates as: `widely he scatters his gifts&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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