10 centimes - Pharmacie Centrale Model et Madlener Geneva

10 centimes - Pharmacie Centrale Model et Madlener (Geneva) - obverse10 centimes - Pharmacie Centrale Model et Madlener (Geneva) - reverse

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Features

Location SwitzerlandSwitzerland (1848-date)
Type Trade tokens › Business token
Value 10 Centimes (0.10)
Composition Brass
Weight 3.9 g
Diameter 26 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
34672

Obverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PHARMACIE CENTRALE · GENEVE ·
MODEL ET MADLENER
R. Mt. BLANC 9

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
10 JETONS REMPLACENT LE PAIEMENT DE 1FR
BON POUR 10 CENTIMES

Edge

Smooth

Comments

The tokens were issued by three managers of the Pharmacie Centrale: Belli, Model and Madlener to deal with the excessive prices of medicines in the 19th century. They were a genuine means of payment.

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