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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2805868, member: 75525&quot;][ATTACH=full]655411[/ATTACH]</p><p>An interesting token arrived at the end of last week. I planned to post it here as an extension of bronze sold by weight. It was advertised as: COUR DES MONNAIES DE PARIS Jeton de maître de la monnaie en Pologne (?)</p><p>I had to google translate that from French =&gt;</p><p><br /></p><p>COURT OF CURRENCIES FROM PARIS; Token of the owner of the currency in Poland (?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse legend: RESPONDENT INTIMA QVANDO.</p><p>Obverse description: A balance with coins in one tray and one weight in the other, left a test weight cabinet and right a small furnace meant for testing metals.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse legend: QVIESCAM AND QVIESCERE FACIAM.</p><p>Reverse description: A bird carrying a branch in its beak flying over a landscape.</p><p><br /></p><p>CBG gave a Historical background: COURT OF COINS OF PARIS, (1552-1791)</p><p>In the Middle Ages, the House of currencies, installed at the Palais, in the same premises as the Chamber of Accounts, was responsible for the control of mints. In 1522, Francis I gave him the powers of a real court to try cases relating to counterfeit currency. In 1552, Henry II built this House Sovereign Court, better known as the Paris Court of currencies. The Court of currencies Paris had, in addition to his judicial duties, a policy function (remonstrances, drafting of certain edicts ...) and control on Weights and Measures (especially treasured said stack &quot;Charlemagne&quot; ). From 1704 to 1771 she gave part of his spring in favor of the Court of currencies Lyon. The Court of currencies Paris was abolished in 1791 during the Revolution. General Provost currencies was a company responsible for the police coins and enforce the judgments of the Court of currencies in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. At its head, General Marshal currencies was an officer determined to find the counterfeit currency crimes and summarily instruct the trial of counterfeit currency, whose procedures were then presented to the Court of currencies.</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller had done some research on the coin and found a reference dated in 1822 and written in German. Time to change google translate to another language.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: In the middle stands a scales, in a bowl a weight of mark, in the other just as many coins, on the left a (scale in a cabinet), on the left the (smelting) furnace; With the heading RESPONDENT. UNTIMA.QVANTO.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: A bird with a branch in the beak flies over a beautiful walking (field?). Heading QVIESCAM ET QVIESCERE FACIAM.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: The Munzmeister seems to be a sign, and it fits into this subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found two other referenced that looked pretty much the same. One in German written in 1825 and one from the Netherlands written in 1825. All of these books were available in PDF on line!</p><p><br /></p><p>I felt pretty good with this attribution until I looked a bit further. Note that no date was assigned to the Jeton.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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