Live auction - fme_858361 - BANKS - CRÉDIT INSTITUTIONS Médaille, Bobo Dioulasso, femme Dioula, Banque centrale des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 97 € |
| Maximum bid : | 97 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 June 2024 15:35:12 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Bobo Dioulasso, femme Dioula, Banque centrale des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest
Date: 1961
Mint name / Town : Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 58,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver MONIER Émile Adolphe (1883-1970)
Weight : 96,19 g.
Edge : lisse + corne 1ARGENT
Puncheon : corne 1ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des taches d’oxydation, en particulier sur la tranche. Petite usure. Présence de quelques coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Femme portant un enfant dans son dos et panier de fruits sur la tête, signé : EMILE MONIER.
Reverse
Reverse legend : HAUTE-VOLTA // À L’EXERGUE : BANQUE CENTRALE / DES ETATS DE L’AFRIQUE DE L’OUEST / OUAGADOUGOU / DECEMBRE 1961.
Reverse description : Carte de l’état d’Haute-Volta, case à l’arrière plan droit, signé : EMILE MONIER.
Commentary
Emile Monier grava au moins six médailles différentes avec les peuples d’Afrique ; Femme Ouolof, Peuhls, femme Kassonké, Touareg Bogoliten, Jeune fille Senoufo et Maure d'Aleg..
Historical background
BANKS - CRÉDIT INSTITUTIONS
Until the middle of the 19th century, there were only private banks intended for large fortunes like the Rothschilds. They then took the name of investment banks such as the Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas, the Union Générale, etc. The development of the activity, born of the Industrial Revolution, caused the creation of banks of a new type, for all, called deposit banks. The first was the Comptoir d'escompte founded in 1853. Other establishments followed: Crédit Industriel et Commercial, Crédit Lyonnais (1863), Société Générale, etc..
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