1791 3 Sols. Monneron token (France) [επιλυμένο]

24 mm

The details are very hard for me to read as the coin is very worn and damaged. I can only make out “3” and “Sols”. I looked through all the French Republic coins and couldn’t find it.

The reverse looks to have two hands holding stick with a cap on it. The obverse appears to be a lady.

I’m completely stumped! 

I am pretty sure this is not a coin, but a token (jeton in French). On Numista, it would be in the Exonumia area

Tomorrow morning our French colleagues will get a look at it, and they will likely be able to help you. 

tdziemia

I am pretty sure this is not a coin, but a token (jeton in French). On Numista, it would be in the Exonumia area

 

Tomorrow morning our French colleagues will get a look at it, and they will likely be able to help you. 

Thanks! I'll try looking through the Exonumia area in the meantime.

The reverse looks similar to N#15120 but they aren't the same

 Pictures cropped: 

Reverse: 

CAISSE DE BONNE FOY ETABLIE A PARIS 

3 SOLS 

L'AN III DE LA LIBERTE 

 From that just posted I straightaway then found this: 

https://www.cgb.fr/confiance-monnaies-de--3-sols-grave-par-thevenon-1791-ttb,v54_0253,a.html 

OBVERSE
Obverse legend: PAYABLE EN ECHANGE D'ASSIGNATS.
Obverse description: Genius holding a thunderbolt in his right hand and in his left hand a pike topped with a Phrygian cap and to which is attached a flag; it rests on a bird holding a serpent in its beak; on the left, on a law table surmounted by a rooster turned to the right, DROI / DE / L HOM / ME / ARTI / V in six lines in the field; at the bottom of the THEVE field. 

REVERSE
Reverse legend: CAISSE DE BONNE FOI ETABLIE A PARIS 1791. 
Reverse description: Two clasped hands holding a pike topped with a Phrygian cap; on either side B.P. - 3.S. / TROIS - SOLS and in the exergue in two lines L'AN III DE LA / LIBERTE. 

HISTORICAL
TRUST (COINS OF...)
(1791-1793)
The Monneron Brothers made in England by Matthew Boulton, thanks to Watt's steam engine, coins of 2 and 5 sols in large quantities in the workshop of Soho in Birmingham, from the end of the year 1791. These emergency coins should have made up for the monetary shortage that reigned in France and their technical and aesthetic quality was far superior to the mediocre contemporary official productions in base metals.
In March 1792, the Monnerons went bankrupt and Pierre fled. His brother Augustin took over the business, but a law of May 3, 1792 prohibited the manufacture of private coins. In September, a decree prohibits the marketing of trust coins. These emergency coins actually circulated until the end of 1793. 

 For comparison: 

 From that earlier link, it is in at least four catalogues: 

 VG.235 - Hennin345 - Maz.116 - Br.209 

VG
Victor Guilloteau; 1943. Monnaies françaises : Colonies, 1670-1942, métropole, 1774-1942. A. Barry, Paris, France. 

Hennin
Michel Hennin; 1826. Histoire numismatique de la Révolution française, ou description raisonnee des medailles monnaies et autres monumens numismatiques relatifs aux affaires de la France depuis l'ouverture des Etats generaux jusqu'a l'etablissement du gouvernement consulaire. J. S. Merlin, Paris . 

Maz
Jean Mazard; 1965. Histoire monétaire et numismatique contemporaine 1790-1963 / Tome 1. 1790-1848. Sabine Bourgey, Paris, France. [This volume, 1790-1848, as the jeton was issued in 1791] 
 

Br.209 

Not on here, but the link says 

BRANDON, Alain - Cabinet Numismatique, Albuquerque 

Recueil des Monnaies de la Révolution, 1789-1804 

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/catalogues.php 

ZacUK

 For comparison: 

 

 

Wow! Thank you so much. That is definitely it. I have no clue how you even managed to read the coin!

Using the information you found I'll do some more research on it and I'll probably add it to the catalog later 🙂