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Token - Courtier de commerce - Bourse de Paris

Location France
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Weight 15.17 g
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Obverse description A finely detailed three-masted sailing ship depicted underway to the left on choppy seas, rendered in high relief. The legend COURTIER DE COMMERCE arcs along the upper border, while BOURSE DE PARIS. appears in two lines in the lower field. The engraver's signature GALLE is inscribed vertically along the left inner border. The octagonal flan is framed by a beaded border.
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Reverse description A central caduceus with intertwined serpents and winged top rises between two flaming cornucopiae set on columnar pedestals, all flanked by laurel branches. The composition rests on a plain rectangular platform above an ornate acanthus scroll base in the lower field. The engraver's signature Gelle appears at the lower left, and the entire design is enclosed within a beaded octagonal border.
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