Description:
Obverse
The Sower
Reverse
On the right side of the face and reverse of the teston the fields in the background is lined with motifs of the Renaissance: the Vitruvian Man, the coat of arms to the DSL and the salamander, or the castle of Chambord, representative elements from the time of François 1er. The face value of the coin is at the bottom.
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