Token - Prune (Nancy - Place Stanislas) ND front Token - Prune (Nancy - Place Stanislas) ND back
Token - Prune (Nancy - Place Stanislas) ND photo

Token - Prune (Nancy - Place Stanislas) ND

 
Steel 13.40 g 31 mm
Description
Location
France
Issuing entity
Prune
Type
Medals › Souvenir medallions
Composition
Steel
Weight
13.40 g
Diameter
31 mm
Thickness
2.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled, Coloured
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#232618
Rarity index
93%

Reverse

Coat of arms of the city of Nancy. Different from Prune at 6 o'clock.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
. Nancy .
. Lorraine .
. France .

Edge

Reeded

Comment

Place Stanislas is part of a classical urban ensemble in Nancy, in the historic region of Lorraine, France, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Intended by the Duke of Lorraine Stanislas Leszczyński, it was built between 1751 and 1755 under the direction of architect Emmanuel Héré. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_Stanislas

(1575) Argent, a thistle purpure slipped eradicated and leaved of two parts vert; on a chief the arms of Lorraine full [per fess of one, per pale of three: I fess Argent and Gules of eight, II Azure semé of fleurs-de-lis Or broken in chief of a label Gules, III Argent a cross potent OrOr between four crosses Gules, on IV Or four pals Gules, on V Azure semé of fleurs-de-lis Or, edged Gules, on VI Azure a lion contourné Gules, on V Azure a fleur-de-lis Or, edged Gules.azure a lion contourné Or tail forked, armed, langued and crowned Gules, in VII Or a lion Sable, armed and langued Gules, in VIII Azure semé of crosslet crosslet fitchée Or, two bars adossé of the same brochants, on the whole Or a bend Gules charged with three alérions Argent].https://armorialdefrance.fr/page_blason.php?ville=5215