fjt_592485 - GAZ (LIGHTING...) Société d’éclairage par le gaz n.d.
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Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Société d’éclairage par le gaz
Date: (1842-1845)
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,04 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : abeille ARGENT
Rarity : R1
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUCEM DIFFUNDO PER ORBEM.
Obverse description : Lion debout à gauche, tenant une torche et marchant sur le globe terrestre / signatures PENIN F. et LUGDINI..
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOCIETES D'ECLAIRAGE PAR LE GAZ / COBLENTZ.
Reverse description : Ange rayonnant tenant l'écu de la ville sous une étoile rayonnante.
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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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