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Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Paris Comptoir des Catacombes
| Location | France |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Souvenir token |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a central device of eight human skulls arranged in a circular pattern around a central crossbones motif in high relief. A secondary legend in a circular band reads the famous inscription from the Paris Catacombs entrance, and the outer legend in Gothic script reads COMPTOIR DES CATACOMBES with PARIS at the base. |
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| Obverse lettering | Comptoir Des Catacombes Paris / Arrête ! c'est ici l'empire de la mort. Arrête ! c'est ici l'empire de la mort. |
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| Mint | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
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