fjt_905312 - PROVINCIAL BANKS Jeton octogonal, Banque du Havre (1837)
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Type : Jeton octogonal, Banque du Havre
Date: (1842-1845)
Date: (1837)
Metal : tin
Diameter : 40,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 30,28 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
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Obverse
Obverse legend : 25 AOUT 1837..
Obverse description : Ancre, au-dessus caducée et corne d’abondance en sautoir, au-dessous signature CAQUÉ F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : EN DEUX LIGNES : BANQUE/ DU HAVRE DANS UNE COURONNE DE LAURIER.
Commentary
Fondée en 1837, la Banque du Havre devient une succursale de la Banque de France en 1848.
Historical background
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The development of the activity, born of the Industrial Revolution, caused the creation of banks of a new type, for all, called deposit banks. Banks were thus created in Bordeaux, Le Havre, Lille, Lyon, Marseilles, Nantes, Orleans, Rouen, Toulouse. In 1848, they were absorbed by the Banque de France which also created 47 branches in Montpellier, Saint-Étienne, Saint-Quentin, Reims, Avignon, Besançon, Angoulême, Grenoble, Clermont-Ferrand, Châteauroux, Caen, Mulhouse, Strasbourg, Le Le Mans, Valenciennes, Rennes, Nîmes, Metz, Angers, Nevers, etc..
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