Pointillist History and Numismatics: Old Regime France and Its Jetons

by James McClellan

Non-monetary tokens known as jetons originated as counters used on medieval counting tables. In certain parts of France, the Low Countries, and German lands, they continued as such into the nineteenth century. The historical and numismatic interest in jetons stems more from what else they became, particularly though the end of the eighteenth century under the Bourbon monarchs, as perks of office for office holders in the burgeoning nation state of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897223624
• ISBN13: 9780897223621
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: American Numismatic Society
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.6" x 11.8"