Franco-americana colonia - Castorland - Salves magna parens frugum

Commemorative issue

Establishment of Castorland

Obverse

Cybele, the classical goddess of fertility and the wilderness, she faces left and wears a mural crown, a symbol of civic protection, surrounded by the legend and the date.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FRANCO - AMERICANA COLONIA
DUV.
CASTORLAND
1796

Translation:
French- american colony
Duvuvier
Castorland
1796

Engraver: Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier

Reverse

Ceres, the Roman goddess of grain and the harvest. She is holding a cornucopia in her right hand and a drill for tapping maple trees in her left. Behind her, a maple tree is being tapped for syrup. At her feet lie a sickle and a sheaf of wheat, all of which is surrounded by the legend, with a beaver in exergue at the bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SALVE MAGNA PARENS FRUGUM
D. V.

Translation:
Hail great mother of the crops
Duvivier

Engraver: Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier

Edge

Plain with mint mark & inscription

Script: Latin

Lettering: BR

Unabridged legend: Bronze

© Greg Laws (CC BY-NC)

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

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See also

• Agriculture
• Rodent
• Mythology
• Tree
• Allegory
• Cornucopia

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