1781 Comte de Milly Lodge of Nine Sisters Jeton. Feuardent-4413a. Copper. Plain Edge. AU-58 (PCGS).31 mm. 125.7 grains. A 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 all three of the Franklin Lodge of Nine Sisters jetons in the Ford Collection. Further, this jeton was not only struck from a different obverse die, but the portrait hub of de Milly is entirely different as well. A lower grade example in copper brought roughly $3,000 in an iNumis sale in France in October 2013.From Alain Weils (Cannes) auction of November 2003, lot 146; our sale of the Richard Margolis Collection, Spring 2024 Auction, April, lot 1091.
