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Water supply for the city of Neuchâtel silver

Location Switzerland (1848-date)
Year 1867
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Composition Silver
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Obverse lettering AQUARUM BENEFICIO URBES CRESCUNT
F. LANDRY
(Translation: Thanks to the benefits of water, cities are growing.)
Reverse description Plain field bearing a seven-line Latin inscription in incuse lettering arranged across the flat surface, with the opening words arched along the upper border and the remaining lines distributed evenly across the field.
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Reverse lettering POPULI SUFFRAGIO
MDCCCLXIV
DECRETUM OPUS
AQUAM URBI
SINGULISQUE DOMIBUS
MDCCCLXVII
DISTRIBUIT
(Translation: By popular vote in 1864, a work was decreed, and water was distributed to the town and to each house in 1867.)
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