15 centimes - Compagnie des Bateaux Omnibus
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Features
| Location |
France
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Service tokens › Transportation tokens |
| Years | 1863-1901 |
| Value | 15 Centimes (0.15) |
| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
| Composition | Aluminium |
| Weight | 1.04 g |
| Diameter | 15 mm |
| Thickness | 1 mm |
| Shape | Round with a round hole |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 544538 |
| References | Élie mon# M85.1 Roland Élie; 2003. Monnaies de nécessité et jetons-monnaie: France, colonies, Monaco : 1800-2000 = Necessity Coins and Token-coins. Association des Collectionneurs de Jetons-monnaie, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. |
Obverse
Face value surrounded by the issuer's name.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
COMPAGNIE DES BATEAUX OMNIBUS
15
Reverse
Colloquial name given to boats.
Script: Latin
Lettering: LES MOUCHES
Edge
Plain
Comments
River passenger transport company set up in Lyon in 1863 and absorbed by the Compagnie Lyonnaise des Tramways in 1901. The boats are called "mouches" in reference to the La Mouche district where they were built (source: Carruesco B., French transport tokens, ed. ACJM, 2016, p. 192).
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1863-1901) | |||||||||||||||
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