Jeton - Travail Economie

Reverse

A beehive on a stand before a flowering tree. Countryside scene behind, including a man ploughing with two oxen. Lettering in exergue, toothed border

Lettering: TRAVAIL · ÉCONOMIE

Engraver: Jules-Clément Chaplain

Edge

Plain with horizontal lines. Hallmark stamp: Cornocopia

Comment

SAVINGS: The savings banks, invented in the eighteenth century, were born in the nineteenth century with the Industrial Revolution and, following generous ideas of savings protection of employees and make them productive economies while putting them at the service of Nation. The first savings and provident fund was created in Paris in 1818 and this example is followed by province between 1819 and 1823 in Bordeaux, Rouen, Marseille, Nantes, Brest, Metz, Le Havre, Lyon, Troyes, Reims, etc. . In 1830-1834 years, fifty-one new savings were created, while in 1835 a law comes organized. From 1835 to 1845, two hundred and sixty to three new cases appear, private or municipal. In 1870, the territory has five hundred and twenty to five cases including seven outside France. Tokens and medals serve as savings banks' fees.

 Catalogue may be Jacqmin : 64b