fme_897848 - GAZ (LIGHTING...) Médaille, Éclairage au gaz de Lons-le-Sainier
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Type : Médaille, Éclairage au gaz de Lons-le-Sainier
Date: 1846
Mint name / Town : 39 - Lons-le-Saunier
Metal : silver
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,53 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Des traces de manipulation et de petits coups sont visibles à l’avers. Quelques petits coups sur la tranche. La patine est hétérogène
Obverse
Obverse legend : ECLAIRAGE AU GAZ DE LONS LE SAUNIER * JURA.
Obverse description : Les armoiries de la ville tourelées, soutenues par deux lions et reposant sur deux cornes d’abondance et une guirlande végétale.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSEIL D’ADMINISTON DE LA SOCIÉTÉ 1846.
Reverse description : Un lampadaire à gaz.
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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