Bon pour une danse - Bal Morel - Paris [75] ND front Bon pour une danse - Bal Morel - Paris [75] ND back
Bon pour une danse - Bal Morel - Paris [75] ND photo
© Jean-Paul LIGNE

Bon pour une danse - Bal Morel - Paris [75] ND

 
Brass - 25 mm
Description
Location
France
Period
Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type
Amusement tokens › Dance tokens
Composition
Brass
Diameter
25 mm
Shape
Scalloped (with 14 notches)
Technique
Milled
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#375402
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
✿ BON POUR ✿
UNE
DANSE

Edge

Plain

Comment

Ball in Paris's 11th arrondissement.
The existence of a ball at 8 passage Thiéré is first attested in 1877. Several owners succeeded one another, including the Morel family, originally from Cantal, between 1930 and 1936.