fjt_956259 - PRESS L’ECLAIR DE MONTPELLIER 1881
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Type : L’ECLAIR DE MONTPELLIER
Date: 1881
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,78 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : Tête de sanglier, losange ARGENT et 950 M/M
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène, petite usure sur les hauts reliefs
Obverse
Obverse legend : LE JOURNAL L'ECLAIR DE MONTPELLIER ; À L'EXERGUE : FONDE EN 1881.
Obverse description : Vierge et l'Enfant sur un écu tourelé et orné d'un collier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LUCET IN TENEBRIS // A M.R / LE COMTE DU POY.
Reverse description : La foudre tombant à côté d'un monument situé en haut d'une colline. Au pied de la colline, une statue équestre.
Reverse translation : Elle brille dans les ténèbres.
Commentary
Compt tenu de ce poinçon privé, on peut penser à au moins deux émissions.
Historical background
PRESS
The press was born in the 17th century thanks to the printing press and the development of communications. In 1631, Théophraste Renaudot launched his weekly gazette called "Gazette de France" initially protected by Richelieu. The first French daily appeared in 1771 but the great development of the press took place during the revolution (350 titles appeared in 1789). Stifled under Napoleon I, the press then reappeared and became popular under Louis-Philippe I, when serial novels appeared. In 1868, a liberal law on the press allowed the emergence of many titles, some of which still exist (Le Temps later became Le Monde or Le Figaro).
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