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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3235195, member: 10461"]A few years ago I acquired a really neat <a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/929914/big-exonumia-bulk-bag-live-cherrypicking-ill-gradually-continue-posting-stuff-as-it-comes-outta" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/929914/big-exonumia-bulk-bag-live-cherrypicking-ill-gradually-continue-posting-stuff-as-it-comes-outta" rel="nofollow">exonumia bulk lot</a> from a dealer friend.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's sort of been "the gift that keeps on giving", because even years later, I'm still finding interesting things in the small portion of it I set aside.</p><p><br /></p><p>This mysterious old token had me stumped until I recently stumbled across a listing for another one, purely by chance.</p><p><br /></p><p>It turns out it's apparently a white metal (bell metal) token (jeton) from the Cercle du Commerce in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe-%C3%A0-Pitre" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe-%C3%A0-Pitre" rel="nofollow">Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe</a>, circa 1825. (I knew it was a 19th century piece but had no other idea of its identity.)</p><p><br /></p><p>It is 26-27 mm approx. and weighs 8.07 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/uh4AAOSw3T5b4rzz/s-l1600.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/984AAOSwe~lb4r0H/s-l1600.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So here's where things got interesting...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Guadeloupe-Pointe-a-Pitre-Cercle-Du-Commerce-1-4-Gourde-token-1825/112904046051?hash=item1a499b05e3:g:RkAAAOSwSz1avtXp:rk:1:pf:0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Guadeloupe-Pointe-a-Pitre-Cercle-Du-Commerce-1-4-Gourde-token-1825/112904046051?hash=item1a499b05e3:g:RkAAAOSwSz1avtXp:rk:1:pf:0" rel="nofollow">This is the one that is currently listed on eBay</a>... for $1,500.00!</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course that's just the seller's <i>ask</i> price. And his piece is higher grade than mine. And we all know there are crazy listings all over eBay, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>But still, I did find <a href="http://www.inumis.com/vso/V00011/guadeloupe-charles-x-jeton-d-1/4-de-gourde-sd-1825-a17132.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.inumis.com/vso/V00011/guadeloupe-charles-x-jeton-d-1/4-de-gourde-sd-1825-a17132.html" rel="nofollow">this one</a>, which does appear to have actually sold for €340.00 in 2010. And mine looks a little better than it does.</p><p><br /></p><p>And <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=685403" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=685403" rel="nofollow">here is one</a> that went up for auction in 2009 with an estimate of €1,000.00 (I can't see the auction results without a premium account login).</p><p><br /></p><p>So it's evidently quite a rare token.</p><p><br /></p><p>On a whim last week, I figured I'd throw it on eBay with a 99-cent start and see where it ended up. After all, I didn't have much to lose, since this thing cost me mere pennies- I have next to nothing in it. But after almost three days on eBay with nobody even bidding the initial 99 cents, I decided to take the auction down and perhaps try it on another venue. Maybe it's too esoteric for eBay, unless I tried eBay France or something?</p><p><br /></p><p>Anybody have any suggestions on what venue I should sell it through?</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER]? Any other French or European friends know anything about these?</p><p><br /></p><p>There is <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Guadeloupe-Rare-Jeton-Pointe-a-Pitre-ex-Roehrs/222793694082?hash=item33df89fb82:g:yaoAAOSw8LBaqFhY:rk:1:pf:0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Guadeloupe-Rare-Jeton-Pointe-a-Pitre-ex-Roehrs/222793694082?hash=item33df89fb82:g:yaoAAOSw8LBaqFhY:rk:1:pf:0" rel="nofollow">yet another one</a> (of a slightly different type) listed on eBay, and I asked that seller ("escoumins") if he thought mine might be genuine. This was his reply:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hmmm...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3235195, member: 10461"]A few years ago I acquired a really neat [URL='https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/929914/big-exonumia-bulk-bag-live-cherrypicking-ill-gradually-continue-posting-stuff-as-it-comes-outta']exonumia bulk lot[/URL] from a dealer friend. It's sort of been "the gift that keeps on giving", because even years later, I'm still finding interesting things in the small portion of it I set aside. This mysterious old token had me stumped until I recently stumbled across a listing for another one, purely by chance. It turns out it's apparently a white metal (bell metal) token (jeton) from the Cercle du Commerce in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe-%C3%A0-Pitre']Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe[/URL], circa 1825. (I knew it was a 19th century piece but had no other idea of its identity.) It is 26-27 mm approx. and weighs 8.07 grams. [COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)][IMG]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/uh4AAOSw3T5b4rzz/s-l1600.png[/IMG][/COLOR] [IMG]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/984AAOSwe~lb4r0H/s-l1600.png[/IMG] So here's where things got interesting... [URL='https://www.ebay.com/itm/Guadeloupe-Pointe-a-Pitre-Cercle-Du-Commerce-1-4-Gourde-token-1825/112904046051?hash=item1a499b05e3:g:RkAAAOSwSz1avtXp:rk:1:pf:0']This is the one that is currently listed on eBay[/URL]... for $1,500.00! Of course that's just the seller's [I]ask[/I] price. And his piece is higher grade than mine. And we all know there are crazy listings all over eBay, right? But still, I did find [URL='http://www.inumis.com/vso/V00011/guadeloupe-charles-x-jeton-d-1/4-de-gourde-sd-1825-a17132.html']this one[/URL], which does appear to have actually sold for €340.00 in 2010. And mine looks a little better than it does. And [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=685403']here is one[/URL] that went up for auction in 2009 with an estimate of €1,000.00 (I can't see the auction results without a premium account login). So it's evidently quite a rare token. On a whim last week, I figured I'd throw it on eBay with a 99-cent start and see where it ended up. After all, I didn't have much to lose, since this thing cost me mere pennies- I have next to nothing in it. But after almost three days on eBay with nobody even bidding the initial 99 cents, I decided to take the auction down and perhaps try it on another venue. Maybe it's too esoteric for eBay, unless I tried eBay France or something? Anybody have any suggestions on what venue I should sell it through? [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER]? Any other French or European friends know anything about these? There is [URL='https://www.ebay.com/itm/Guadeloupe-Rare-Jeton-Pointe-a-Pitre-ex-Roehrs/222793694082?hash=item33df89fb82:g:yaoAAOSw8LBaqFhY:rk:1:pf:0']yet another one[/URL] (of a slightly different type) listed on eBay, and I asked that seller ("escoumins") if he thought mine might be genuine. This was his reply: Hmmm...[/QUOTE]
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