Auction Catalogue
![](https://media.noonans.co.uk/database_images/Cataloguing%20System/Internet%20-%20Lots%20%28Images%29/546421/Internet%20Image%201_w500h500.jpg)
Theunissen, Corneille Henri (French, 1863-1918); b. Anzin
FRANCE, Chambre de Commerce, Valenciennes, 1897, a silver jeton de présence by C.H. Theunissen, foreman overseeing two artisans by a coal-truck in a mining setting, rev. instruments of industry and commerce, including a locomotive, anvil and a press, edge impressed argent and cornucopia, 40 x 33mm, 25.79g (Müseler 18.96; PBE 917; BDM VI, 60; cf. Hirsch 384, 4596; cf. iNumis MBS 12, 1725). Very fine £60-£80
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.
View
Collection
Jean Elsen Auction 85 (Brussels), 10 September 2005, lot 2256
The Chambre de Commerce, Valenciennes, was established on 19 November 1836.
Share This Page