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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3241077, member: 10461&quot;]Oh, that is superb!&nbsp; Those French jetons of the era are almost universally nice, but that one especially so.</p><p><br /></p><p>You will recognize a few similarities with mine, notably the presence of ships and cornucopias and the prominence of the anchor motif, not to mention the caduceus symbol.&nbsp; I like the way they set the design within the octagon on yours. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s mine.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/4I3256arRVGrsDFW7xGP_octagon_1869.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I quite like the waterfront scene on yours.&nbsp; The reptilian creature in the exergue of your piece is a <i>salamander</i>, not a &quot;dinosaur&quot;, as the Numista page describes it.&nbsp; Unlike real-world creatures, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamanders_in_folklore" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamanders_in_folklore" rel="nofollow">salamanders of myth and legend</a> were immune to fire. One features on the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Havre" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Havre" rel="nofollow">coat of arms of Le Havre</a>, which explains its presence on your jeton.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]848386[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER] just got the Gailhouste reference on these yesterday.&nbsp; He might find this of interest.&nbsp; He got enthusiastic about these after seeing mine during our recent visit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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