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314 - SILVER - JETON of the "SOCIETE D' AGRICULTURE du CHER" ( * )…
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Estimate €30
Description
SILVER - JETON of the "SOCIETE D' AGRICULTURE du CHER" ( * ) - founded in BOURGES in 1818 - octagonal 27,5 mm - Plough and agricultural instruments (sickle, spade, flail, scythe...) posed on sheaf of wheat, signed engraving - SUP 8 grammes. On the edge mention silver and punch indicator hand (1845 to 1860). ( * ) created in 1818, dissolved towards 1940 - the agricultural societies of the 19th century were not unions for the defence of the profession but learned societies publishing geological and agronomic studies, instigating research in order to improve agricultural techniques, to provoke innovation in order to increase the yields necessary to feed a population in strong development, in short to modernise an agriculture essential to the economic development of the country.
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About the sale CHRONO SALE OF MEDALS - CURRENCIES - JETONS and MISCELLANEOUS including ORLEANS & LOIRET
Auction location
Auction time 06/28/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 87520173
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