LOUIS XVIII - VAST FACTORY - Lot 174

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LOUIS XVIII - VAST FACTORY - Lot 174
LOUIS XVIII - VAST FACTORY FABRIQUE DU VAST / P. F. FONTENILLIAT. In the field, face value. R/. Smooth. 10 Centimes (2.45 g) ♦ VG 444 and 5 Centimes (1.44 g) ♦ VG 445 undated Two uniface bronze necessity coins used between 1803 and 1827. Very rare. Superb. Le Vast cotton mill (Manche) near Cherbourg. Around 1795, Philippe Fontenilliat, an industrialist and merchant from Rouen, set up a cotton mill in Le Vast, benefiting from the water of the Saire river. By 1803, the factory was employing 600 workers and producing 1,500 to 1,600 pounds of spun cotton per day. In 1825, he handed over management to his two sons Edouard and Henri. Production ceased in 1886.
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