| Location | Switzerland › Switzerland (1848-date) |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 42.73 g |
| Diameter | 44.5 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | |
| Edge | |
| Period | |
| Notice | |
| Reference(s) | SMP#1517 , BDM III#292 , Storer MiN#8301 |
| Obverse description | Female allegory draped in antique style holding a laurel branch in her right hand and a shield bearing the coat of arms of Neuchâtel in her left hand. Fountain on the left. Neuchâtel Castle in the background. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | AQUARUM BENEFICIO URBES CRESCUNT F. Landry (Translation: Thanks to the benefits of water, cities are growing.) |
| Reverse description | Inscriptions in seven lines. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | POPULI SUFFRAGIO MDCCCLXIV DECRETUM OPUS AQUAM URBI SINGULISQUE DOMINUS MDCCCLXVII DISTRIBUIT (Translation: By popular vote in 1864, a work was decreed, and the master distributed water to the town and to everyone in 1867.) |
| Mintage | |
| Numisquare ID | 5401484230 |
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