1781 Comte de Milly Lodge of Nine Sisters Jeton. Feuardent-4413a. Copper, 31 mm. AU-58 BN (PCGS).

125.7 grains. Plain edge. Another very rare jeton from the Lodge of Nine Sisters. The surfaces are glossy and smooth, rich chocolate brown on both sides. Some trivial specks are noted, but neither they nor the scattered light marks harm the excellent visual appeal. Interestingly, despite the great rarity of all varieties and compositions of the Lodge of the Nine Sisters jetons, this example is struck from a different reverse die than either of the ones offered above. That reverse die, not this one, also matches all three of the Franklin Lodge of Nine Sisters jetons in the Ford Collection. Further, as noted above, this jeton and the silver one that precedes were not only struck from different obverse dies, but the portrait hubs of de Milly are entirely different as well. A lower grade example in copper brought roughly $3,000 in an iNumis sale in France in October 2013.

From the Richard Margolis Collection. Earlier from Alain Weil's (Cannes) auction of November 2003, lot 146.

Estimate: $3500