CANALS - LOUIS V - Médaille du projet de percement du canal de jonction des trois bassins - Historical medal commemorating the implementation of the project voted by the States of Burgundy (1783) and which was not carried out, whose aim was to connect the Canal du Centre, the Canal de Bourgogne and the Canal de Franche Comté between the Saône and the Doubs - this system would have linked the Seine, the Loire, the Rhône and the Rhine... LUDOVICO XVI.FR.ETNAVAR. REGI OPTIMO COMITIA BURGOND. High-relief bust of the king, profile right, draped, wearing the golden fleece - exergue COMITIA BURGOND - signature B. DUVIVIER below the neck. Reverse: UTRIUSQUE MARIS JUNCTION TRIPLEX - allegories of Commerce and Abundance between the rivers Loire, Seine and Rhine - exergue POSSIS AB ARARI AD LIGER SEQUAN RHENUM. SIMUL APERTIS MDCCLXXXIII - TTB+ with traces of handling on the edge and listels - RARE bronze MEDAL with beautiful chocolate patina - 50 mm - 61 gr