FRANCE 1937 Telephone Token - Telephones Publics P.T.T TC# 121478, Khod FR# 5

Metal Copper-nickel
Weight 4.15 g
Diameter 18 mm

Thickness 2.60 mm

Obverse: Head of Marianne facing left surrounded by text with date below.

Lettering: REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISEL. BAZOR 1937
Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Reverse:"P.T.T" in a deep, square groove down the middle, with text and a wreath design on the raised parts of the token.

Lettering: TELEPHONES P.T.T PUBLICS

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Lucien Georges Bazor was Chief Engraver at the Paris mint from 1930 to 1958. He was born in Paris in 1889 and initially studied under his father, Albert Bazor. Bazor later became the pupil of Patey at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1923 for his engraving.
Edge:Smooth

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