正面
正面的文字 XVIII. VIRI. LVGDVN. - COMMERC. REGVND 1702-1880.
正面的说明书 Le Rhône et la Saône assis et déversant l’eau de leurs urnes ; derrière eux, un arbre où est accroché un cartouche fleurdelisé avec un écu portant les armes de Lyon ; à l’exergue : 1702-1880 et signature CHAPLAIN.
正面的翻译 (Les dix-huit commissaires lyonnais préposés à la conduite du Commerce).
背面
背面的文字 À L’EXERGUE : CONSILIVM. ET./ TVTELA..
背面的说明书 La République assise à droite montrant à un jeune homme debout un parchemin inscrit LIBERTE COMMERCIALE. Derrière eux, un bâtiment, une vue de la ville et un métier à tisser.
背面的翻译 (Conseil et Protection).
历史细节
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE / CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE
The first chamber of commerce was that of Marseille, created at the end of the 16th century. For Paris, the six corps of merchants and the judge-consuls had a role similar to that of a chamber of commerce: an association of merchants gathered to deliberate on the interests of their city or region and to give their opinion to the government. Colbert legalizes them in 1664 by establishing that each place of commerce will choose two of them to represent them. However, the institution was not really established until the decision of the Council of August 30, 1701, and many chambers of commerce appeared in the 18th century in Lyon, Rouen, Toulouse, Montpellier, Bordeaux, etc. The most important of them is Marseilles which had attributions in all the trade of Levant and was of the department of Foreign Affairs, the others concerned the General control of Finances. Abolished by the Constituent Assembly in 1791, the chambers of commerce were re-established under the Consulate. Since 1832, their recruitment is done by elections, they have become chambers of commerce and industry since 1898, grouped into 21 regional chambers.