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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrweaseluv, post: 5294847, member: 40340&quot;]The Paris Mint still makes restrikes</p><p>of these medals, which bear edge-stamping reading ARGENT for silver, OR for gold, and CUIVRE for copper. The originals, as here, have an unbroken reeded edge. Famed 19th century American numismatist W. Elliot Woodward described the Castorland &quot;jetons&quot; or medals thusly in 1867: &quot;The head on the obverse is that of Cybele, personifying the earth as inhabited and cultivated; the wreath of laurel, the emblem of victory, signifies that the goddess conquers the wildness and ruggedness of nature, and brings earth under the dominion, and subservient to the uses of man. The reverse represents Ceres, who holds in one hand a &#039;bit&#039;, with which she has tapped a sugar-maple--in which a faucet , technically a spile, is inserted to draw off the sap; in her right arm she supports a cornucopia of flowers, and at her feet lies a sheaf of wheat; thus combining, in a single group, emblems of three seasons. In the exergue appears a beaver [Castor in Latin]. The obverse inscription is FRANCO-AMERICANA COLONIA (French-American Colony) with the name Castorland and date 1796; the reverse, SALVE MAGNA PARENS FRUGUM, a quotation from Virgil, may it be rendered &#039;Hail ! great parent of fruits.&#039; &quot; Both sides are signed with the imprimatur of the great French medallist Benjamin Duvivier.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also the below article mentions the reason for the restrikes... According to Victor Morin the Paris trustees were not entitled to any salary but received &quot;two tokens of presence&quot; as compensation for attending board meetings in Paris. These &quot;jetons&quot; are also referred to by numismatists as the Castorland Medal or the demi écus &quot;Half Dollar&quot;. Thus, although this item was related to the colony it was struck in Paris for distribution in Paris.</p><p><a href="https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Castorland.intro.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Castorland.intro.html" rel="nofollow">https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Castorland.intro.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>All in all a very interesting Medal/coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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