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2473 - SILVER - "CHEMIN de FER de PARIS à ORLEANS, Law of 7 July 18…
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SILVER - "CHEMIN de FER de PARIS à ORLEANS, Law of 7 July 1838". Allegorical group symbolising the Seine/Loire link by rail: a woman with open arms, a caduceus in her right hand, a sprig of ivy in the other, each standing on the crowned coats of arms of LA SEINE and LA LOIRE (with the names of the rivers in a cartouche). A smoking locomotive pulls away on either side - Composition signed BOVY in the cartouche of the exergue. Reverse: title in the centre of an oak and olive wreath. Octagonal token 36.5 mm. 23.26 grams - on the edge silver hallmarks and indicator hand - L/A n° 2259 - TTB
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ID: 87495076
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