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Token - Monnaie de Paris Dant Pretium 1767
| Location | France |
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| Year | 1767 |
| Type | Token |
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| Obverse description | The central field depicts a coiner's work table bearing a balance scale, adjusting tools, coin blanks, and baskets filled with coins in high relief. The legend DANT PONDUS curves along the upper rim, with the exergue inscribed AJUSTEURS DE LA MONNOYE DE PARIS 1767. The engravers' signatures G.N.R. (Roettiers Fils) and N.F. appear in the lower left and lower right of the field respectively. |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts a large screw-press (balancier) in high relief, flanked by decorative scrollwork, with coin baskets and minting tools arranged in the foreground. The legend DANT PRETIUM curves along the upper rim, and the engraver's signature P.B. appears in the lower left field. |
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| Reverse lettering | DANT PRETIUM |
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