Collège de pharmacie

Description

Date 1778
Metal copper
Shape round
Weight
Dimensions  31 mm
Marks none
Medallist Unknown
Rarity Rare

In 1777, Louis XVI created a specific corporation for the pharmacists, the Collège de Pharmacie.

The Collège de Pharmacie instructed the emission of presence tokens in 1778. 5200 tokens were initially struck.

The copper tokens are much more difficult to find than the silver tokens