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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 2281329, member: 29751&quot;]Below are a couple recent purchases:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1)</b></p><p>Two months ago I found a lovely jeton on eBay that drew me in.&nbsp; I particularly loved the old oak being windswept by the three &quot;winds&quot; on the reverse.&nbsp; The Latin text on the reverse reads &quot;NON FRANGITUR&quot;, which translates as &quot;not broken&quot; -- I presume this piece commemorated the end of the Seven Years&#039; War in 1763.&nbsp; It&#039;s in an AU58 PCGS holder.</p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography-5/jeton_32175453_900px_zps7qbawnhe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>2)</b></p><p>The second piece I picked up in last week&#039;s Heritage weekly world auction.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know too much about the design, but I liked the sun and bees.&nbsp; I&#039;m reading through a couple references in French, and one from 1850 describes the token as (translated to English) &quot;<i>In the field, a double personification of the head of state; at the top, the sun, and then, rushing towards him, the queen bees swarm follows her. Thus the king&#039;s secretaries were following to execute and transmit his orders.</i>&quot;&nbsp; The motto &quot;DUCEM REGEMQUE SEQUUNTUR&quot; translates roughly as &quot;The king follows the leader&quot;.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t yet determined what historical event or issue of 1731 that this was meant to represent.&nbsp; It&#039;s in an AU55 PCGS holder.</p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography-5/jeton_30978691_900px_zpswavcy4zc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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