Water supply for the city of Neuchâtel silver

Location Switzerland › Switzerland (1848-date)
Year 1867
Type Commemorative medal
Composition Silver
Weight 48.94 g
Diameter
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation
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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.
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 4850850030
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