PARIS. black. No 8. Heavy folds and several small edge-splits. Formed originally by royal ordonnace in 1820, the agency offered a variety of viagères investments to groups of 5 to 100 persons, with the aim of perserving the capital, but giving a profit to investors. It alsooffered tontine investments, and was to serve as a Banque de Prévoyance. The agency was reformed in 1890. Certainly extremely rare.