Electrophone (messing) 

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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
7141215
Area
Tokens / Medals
Title
Electrophone (messing)
Type
Post and telephone tokens
Publisher
Jacquet, Le Havre
Value
Geen waardevermelding
Country
France
Year
Collection / set
Material
Brass
Weight
Variety / overstrike
Messing
Obverse
Jacquet - Le Havre - 351. Rue Aristide Briand
Reverse
ELECTROPHONE
Privy mark
Mint mark
Designer
Engraver
Dimensions / Diameter
20,5 mm
Number
Details
The electrophone was a coin-operated music system which used telephone lines. The "musical telephone" was first demonstrated by the French inventor Clement Agnes Ader at an electric expo in 1881. By the early 1900's, this forerunner of the jukebox was found in salons, hotels and restaurants throughout Europe, notably in France and Great Britain.