BY JEAN-BAPTISTE VAILLANT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1874

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A VERY RARE ENAMEL AND GOLD RAILWAY JETON
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE VAILLANT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1874
In the form of a shield surmounted by the Imperial Russian crown, applied with silver rails, with the enamelled coats of arms of Russian Governorates of Penza, Tambov, Saratov and Simbirsk, the reverse inscribed in Russian ‘Morshansk / Syzran / J. B. Schöne / Railway open / 1874’, marked on the reverse of the crown; in the original J.Vaillant case, sold together with an accompanying note from the family of Julius Schöne
1 7⁄8 in. (4.8 cm.) high, with loop

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Lot Essay

This rare jeton commemorates the completion of the Morshansk-Syzran railway in 1874 between the Russian cities of Morshansk (Governorate of Tambov) and Syzran (Governorate of Simbirsk), also passing through the Governorates of Penza and Saratov. This rare railway jeton is not listed in I. Gorianov, M. Muradian, Zheleznodorozhnie Zhetony iz Kollektsii Firmy 'Znak', Moscow, 2011.

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