fjt_905381 - GAZ (LIGHTING...) Compagnie d’éclairage au gaz - Clermont-Ferrand n.d.
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Type : Compagnie d’éclairage au gaz - Clermont-Ferrand
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,93 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : main indicatrice (1845-1860) et ARGENT
Rarity : R1
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Obverse
Obverse legend : FIAT - LUX.
Obverse description : Un ange portant une torche rayonnante, le pied posé sur un globe terrestre ; signature SALMSON F..
Obverse translation : (Que la lumière soit).
Reverse
Reverse legend : * COMPAGNIE D'ÉCLAIRAGE AU GAZ - CLERMONT-FERRAND.
Reverse description : Couronne tourelée dans un cercle perlé, au-dessous ALEXANDRIE.
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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