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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1334956, member: 24633"]JC,</p><p><br /></p><p>This jeton was designed by Armand Auguste Caque. He was born at Saintes (France) in 1793 and died in Paris in 1881. In 1822, he was Medallist to La Madame Dauphine (French Queen) and during this period he was commissioned to execute a series of portrait medals of the French Kings from Pharamund to Charles X. Under Napoleon III, he was appointed Engraver to the Imperial Cabinet, a post which he held from 1853-1868. (Reference: <b><i>Biographical Dictionary of Medallists</i></b> by L. Forrer)</p><p><br /></p><p>This particular jeton is not listed, but that isn't unusual. It was very common for some designs to be used with different reverses. In this case, it is a maritime insurance company. You will note that there looks to be a hallmark of some kind on the reverse below "DU HAVRE". The private mint that produced the obverse was probably commissioned to execute the reverse for another company.</p><p><br /></p><p>NOTE: You will see that his name along the left edge is engraved, "CAQUE F." It is sometimes mistakenly thought that the "F" represents the first name of the designer, but it is actually an abbreviation for the Latin word "fecit" (pronounced fetch-it) which means, "He made it".</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris</p><p><br /></p><p>PS. I'll try to research the others later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1334956, member: 24633"]JC, This jeton was designed by Armand Auguste Caque. He was born at Saintes (France) in 1793 and died in Paris in 1881. In 1822, he was Medallist to La Madame Dauphine (French Queen) and during this period he was commissioned to execute a series of portrait medals of the French Kings from Pharamund to Charles X. Under Napoleon III, he was appointed Engraver to the Imperial Cabinet, a post which he held from 1853-1868. (Reference: [B][I]Biographical Dictionary of Medallists[/I][/B] by L. Forrer) This particular jeton is not listed, but that isn't unusual. It was very common for some designs to be used with different reverses. In this case, it is a maritime insurance company. You will note that there looks to be a hallmark of some kind on the reverse below "DU HAVRE". The private mint that produced the obverse was probably commissioned to execute the reverse for another company. NOTE: You will see that his name along the left edge is engraved, "CAQUE F." It is sometimes mistakenly thought that the "F" represents the first name of the designer, but it is actually an abbreviation for the Latin word "fecit" (pronounced fetch-it) which means, "He made it". Chris PS. I'll try to research the others later.[/QUOTE]
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