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| Location | France |
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| Type | Advertising token |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the merchant name THIS in large letters at the top of the field, with a multi-line legend filling the center describing garden and parlor games, conjuring, and amusing physics, available at the corner of the Passage Vendôme. The legend curves along the lower rim reading AU COIN DU PASSAGE VENDOME. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the Imperial coat of arms of Napoleon III: a central shield bearing a displayed eagle, flanked by ermine-lined mantling, surmounted by an imperial crown, and supported by fasces. A circular legend around the rim identifies THIS as appointed supplier to Her Majesty the Empress. |
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| Reverse lettering | THIS FOURNISSEUR Bté DE SA MAJESTE L'IMPERATRICE |
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