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Franco-American Castorland Jeton
Designed and engraved by: Benjamin Duvivier (French, 1730–1819)
Early American (1700–1832)
dated 1796, struck 1845–60
Mint: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 32.5 mm, 13.03 gm (1 1/4 in., 0.46 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Samuel Abbott Green
Accession Number17.321
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ClassificationsNumismatics – Tokens and contorniates
Catalogue Raisonné
Breen 1071
DescriptionObv: FRANCO-AMERICANA COLONIA around a crowned laureate female bust facing left, signed DUV. below and CASTORLAND / 1796 in exergue, the whole surrounded by a beaded rim
Rev: SALVE MAGNA PARENS FRUGUM [HAIL GREAT MOTHER OF THE CROPS] around a female figure representing Agriculture beside a tapped maple tree, a beaver in exergue and signed DV, the whole surrounded by a beaded rim
Edge: marked with a pointing hand and CUIVRE
The medal is a Paris Mint restrike created from the original obverse die and the reverse replacement die.
Rev: SALVE MAGNA PARENS FRUGUM [HAIL GREAT MOTHER OF THE CROPS] around a female figure representing Agriculture beside a tapped maple tree, a beaver in exergue and signed DV, the whole surrounded by a beaded rim
Edge: marked with a pointing hand and CUIVRE
The medal is a Paris Mint restrike created from the original obverse die and the reverse replacement die.