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On viewCoin
Date1741
Terms
- Coins
- Silver
- Paris
Dimensions3.81 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Object numberTh10.10d
DescriptionTh10.10d: medal or coin (ecu), from box Th10.10.
French crown piece, dark slate color. Front: head of Louis XV in profile, with illegible lengend. Back: Laurel leaves and legend "SIT NOMEN DOMINI V BENEDICTUM."
Thoreau recounts in "Cape Cod", the posthumously-printed record of his visits to that area, the story of finding this coin on the beach near Truro: "It was of a dark slate color, and looked like a flat pebble, but still bore a very distinct and handsome head of Louis XV., and the usual legend on the reverse, Sit Nomen Domini Benedictum (Blessed be the Name of the Lord), a pleasing sentiment to read in the sands of the sea-shore..."
French crown piece, dark slate color. Front: head of Louis XV in profile, with illegible lengend. Back: Laurel leaves and legend "SIT NOMEN DOMINI V BENEDICTUM."
Thoreau recounts in "Cape Cod", the posthumously-printed record of his visits to that area, the story of finding this coin on the beach near Truro: "It was of a dark slate color, and looked like a flat pebble, but still bore a very distinct and handsome head of Louis XV., and the usual legend on the reverse, Sit Nomen Domini Benedictum (Blessed be the Name of the Lord), a pleasing sentiment to read in the sands of the sea-shore..."
Collections
- Henry David Thoreau Collection
Object number: 1998.13.1.37
