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Old regime France and its jetons : pointillist history and numismatics
- Title
- Old regime France and its jetons : pointillist history and numismatics / James E. McClellan III.
- Author
- McClellan, James E., III (James Edward), 1946-
- Publication
- New York : American Numismatic Society, 2020.
- ©2020
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Details
- Additional Authors
- American Numismatic Society (1907- ), issuing body.
- Description
- xiii, 268 pages : illustrations; 31 cm.
- Summary
- Non-monetary tokens known as jetons originated as counters used on medieval counting tables. In certain parts of France, the Low Countries, and German lands, they continued as such into the nineteenth century. The historical and numismatic interest in jetons stems more from what else they became, particularly though the end of the eighteenth century under the Bourbon monarchs, as perks of office for office holders in the burgeoning nation state of France, New Year's Day presents exchanged among certain segments of society, and lagniappe handed out for attendance at meetings in town halls, regional estates, and learned societies. Jetons figured in the rites and rituals of the guilds and faculties; they were swag for general meetings of the clergy, and they served as calling cards for noble families. Decoding hidden messages became a parlor game for cognoscenti, and as "petit monuments" some jetons are miniature works of high art produced by the world's most talented artists/engravers at the world's preeminent mint. In this book jetons serve as microdots in a pointillist, longue durée account that paints a grand portrait of early modern and Old Regime France leading up to the French Revolution.
- Series Statement
- Numismatic studies ; 41
- Uniform Title
- Numismatic studies ; no. 41.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Contains bibliographic references and index.
- Call Number
- JFG 21-16
- ISBN
- 9780897223621
- 0897223624
- LCCN
- 2020933251
- OCLC
- 1201533620
- Author
- McClellan, James E., III (James Edward), 1946- author.
- Title
- Old regime France and its jetons : pointillist history and numismatics / James E. McClellan III.
- Publisher
- New York : American Numismatic Society, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Numismatic studies ; 41Numismatic studies ; no. 41.
- Bibliography
- Contains bibliographic references and index.
- Added Author
- American Numismatic Society (1907- ), issuing body.
- Research Call Number
- JFG 21-16