A little bit sad...

A piece of exonumia I added several months ago got moved into "Unidentified or unknown piece of exonumia" despite it being approved before. I'm not gonna really complain about it, I just wanted to vent a little bit cause I thought it was worth adding, as niche as it was. Oh well…

Do u remember the N# number?

Vic_29Vic

Do u remember the N# number?

 

I'm afraid not sadly. 

It was for a lottery ticket from December 1793. So it would just barely qualify as exonumia. But I felt it was worth adding cause it's a nice piece of history that sort of related to money. 😅

Lottery tickets are clearly not in the scope of the Numista catalog. Looks like an Admin discovered it and deleted it.

rsirian1

Lottery tickets are clearly not in the scope of the Numista catalog. Looks like an Admin discovered it and deleted it.

Yeahhhhh I figured as much. 

Aw well. 

Maybe it's worth posting some photos and a description of the item here.  At least we can all see it and it will remain as a post if anyone wants to look at it in the future.

LDC63

Maybe it's worth posting some photos and a description of the item here.  At least we can all see it and it will remain as a post if anyone wants to look at it in the future.

Oh yeah! Might as well. 

Here it is: 

The reverse is blank. The front is all written in French, before English was Jersey's official language. 

It says:

No. 282 Island of Jersey. [Ticket, No. 282] PUBLIC LOTTERY.

The Holder is entitled to the benefit or prize which will accrue to Ticket 
No. Two hundred and eighty-two in 
the Lottery established by act of the States, of December 14, 1793.

Not 100% what the signature is, but I think Tho. is short for Thomas. The surname miiiight be DelaGares, probably not right. Just an uneducated guess.

One thing I thing is also worth mentioning is this. As I was walking along South Pier in St. Helier, I came across this information plaque talking about the site. 

I might need to go to the Archive as ask for more information about this fact, but it states that lottery tickets were issued to partially fund the development of South Pier and the Old Harbour in the 18th century. This ticket is from quite a few decades after this fact though, so it might not be relevant. But I figured it was worth talking about!

Good idea to have it on here anyway. In case any curious souls decide to come here in the future. 

Thanks, and well done !!!

An interesting find and useful to other people who may come across the same items in the future.  Also, as it's been posted on a public forum it is now ‘searchable’.   Maybe someone will come up with more information as time goes by.

LDC

LDC63

Thanks, and well done !!!

 

An interesting find and useful to other people who may come across the same items in the future.  Also, as it's been posted on a public forum it is now ‘searchable’.   Maybe someone will come up with more information as time goes by.

 

LDC

Aw thanks!
It's no trouble at all. It's one of my favourite pieces of paper in my collection, so I felt it's definitely worth sharing. 

Would be great to learn more about it someday. 

Thanks again!

Pierre