Creator Biography
Monnaie de Paris, French.
Preview
Creation Date
1900
Medium
Cardboard
Dimensions
1.5 x 1.5
Credit Line
Gift in Loving Memory of Boris Blick & Judith Rosenbloom Blick by their daughter Sarah Blick, 2024
Accession Number
2015.159.12
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
Front reads, "Monnaie de Paris".
Description
Small circular cardboard container from coin company Monnaie de Paris, the world's oldest continuously running minting institution founded in 864 AD. The container shows the Arms of Paris Crest topped with a crown and surrounded by laurels.