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Jeton - Louis XVI - Corporation: Officiers passeur d'eau de Paris
| Location | France |
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| Thickness | 1 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Louis XVI with elaborate curled wig, engraver's signature DUV. visible at the base of the truncation. The circumferential legend reads LUDOV XVI REX CHRISTIANISS, enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | LUDOV · XVI · REX · CHRISTIANISS · DUV. |
| Reverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of Paris — a sailing vessel on waves surmounted by fleurs-de-lis — set within an elaborate Baroque cartouche with foliate and acanthus scrollwork ornament. The legend OFFICIERS PASSEUR D'EAU appears in the exergue on two lines, identifying this jeton as belonging to the guild of Parisian water ferrymen. |
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