Jean-Jacques Barre had not yet been appointed chief engraver at the Monnaie de Paris in 1824 — that post still belonged to Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier — making this uniface tin pattern almost certainly an unsolicited or competitive submission rather than an official commission. Uniface tin strikes of this kind were the standard medium for circulating proposed designs among officials and the academy without committing to gold or silver blanks.
Charles X had just ascended the throne that same year, and the coinage had to be recut throughout the French system. Barre was positioning himself early.
Jean-Jacques Barre had not yet been appointed chief engraver at the Monnaie de Paris in 1824 — that post still belonged to Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier — making this uniface tin pattern almost certainly an unsolicited or competitive submission rather than an official commission. Uniface tin strikes of this kind were the standard medium for circulating proposed designs among officials and the academy without committing to gold or silver blanks.
Charles X had just ascended the throne that same year, and the coinage had to be recut throughout the French system. Barre was positioning himself early.