© Manu62
© Manu62
JETON ETABLISSEMENTS DRIEUX NANTES ND
| Brass | 5.58 g | 28 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| Type | Medals › Advertising medallions |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 5.58 g |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#367223 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 94% |
Reverse
Lettering: E. DRIEUX 12 RUE DU CALVAIRE NANTES.
Edge
Plain
Comment
This token dates from the 1880-1900 period and probably had a gambling-related function.Indeed, a passion for gambling was rife at the Café du Sport, considered a veritable tripot.
It was located at 12 rue du Calvaire, on the site formerly occupied by the Hôtel Chardonneau. The
building was set back from the street, and could be reached after passing through a gate and up a staircase.
a staircase. A large hall welcomed the crowd.
Léon Brunswig reports that at the Sport: "where a quartet of voyageurs de commerce
play 34 shackles for 1.60 francs in drinks, entire fortunes were swallowed up
in one evening under the devouring rake of the croupier. The game was played with frightening gusto.
but to satisfy the appetites of the insatiable ogre, you had to be hospitable to everyone
and turn a blind eye when it came to admissions. Here, Sport's motto would have been
the sport's motto would have been: "whoever wins, wins".
Then he remembers: "If you could have attended those monster games where fortunes were swallowed up.
fortunes. I can still see the baskets piled high with banknotes and gold
of gold. For it was in large baskets that the baccarat banks were raised.
[...] "One day, a gambler, at his wits' end, gambled with his carriage parked along the sidewalk. He
and when the new owner came to take possession of the stakes, he found the loser's wife waiting in the car.
the loser's wife waiting patiently for her husband. You'll be the judge of the wife's fury
wife's fury when the husband informed her of the reason why he was obliged to hand over the crew to a fortunate partner.
partner, who, gallant as they were in those days, offered to drive the unlucky couple home.
to drive them home.
