Eagle in front of a castle. Two motifs from two (Berthold and Ulrich III) of the five seals at the bottom of the 1214 charter of franchise, which legally transformed the town of Neuchâtel into a city. Above, the cruciform monogram of King Rudolph of Burgundy.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
MXI 835
novum castellum (Translation: 1011. New castle.)
Reverse description
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
2011 (Translation: Abstract representation of the sun`s rays, the movement of water and seagulls swirling in the sky.)