fjt_233233 - GAZ (LIGHTING...) Compagnie anonyme d’éclairage par le gaz - Montpellier n.d.
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Type : Compagnie anonyme d’éclairage par le gaz - Montpellier
Date: (1842-1845)
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : (main) ARGENT
Rarity : R2
Obverse
Obverse legend : VILLE DE MONTPELLIER.
Obverse description : Écu tourelé de la ville entre deux palmes signé DURAND A LYON.
Reverse
Reverse legend : COMPAGNIE ANONYME D’ÉCLAIRAGE PAR LE GAZ APPROUVÉE LE 11 JUILLET 1845.
Reverse description : dans une couronne de laurier signé BRASSEUX C. DU ROI.
Historical background
GAZ (LIGHTING...)
Natural gas had been known since antiquity, particularly in Persia, but it was not until the end of the 18th century that the idea of gas lighting appeared. The process did not spread until the first half of the 19th century, particularly from 1820. The gas used was obtained by distillation of coal and was used to light the streets and then the dwellings. It was later used as heating but disappeared for lighting due to the spread of electric lighting from 1880..
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