JETON CHAMBRE DES COMPTES CHARLES IX 1572

Features

Location	France
King	Charles IX (1560-1574)
Type	Utility items › Counter tokens
Year	1572
Composition	Brass
Weight	4.94 g
Diameter	27 mm
Thickness	1 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 381133
References	Feu# 1748 Félix-Bienaimé Feuardent. Jetons et méreaux depuis Louis IX jusqu'à la fin du Consulat de Bonaparte. Paris, France (5 volumes).

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Obverse

Crowned shield of France surrounded by the collar of the Order of Saint Michael. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: CAMERAE COMPVTOR REGIOR.

Unabridged legend: CAMERAE COMPVTORVM REGIORVM

Reverse

Mercury standing, bare head to the left, holding a staff encircled by a snake in his left hand, his right hand resting on a haft. Next to him, a nude woman lies against a tree, tied with a padlock. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SVBDVCENDIS. RATIONIBVS
1572.

Edge

Plain

Comments

Like the King's Council, the Chambre des Comptes was a dismemberment of the former King's Court, in the part responsible for overseeing the royal estate, handling finances and auditing the accounts of the King's agents. Its role was to register edicts and declarations concerning the estate, letters of annulment, naturalization, pensions, etc. It also registered marriage contracts and other legal documents. It also registered royal marriage contracts and peace treaties. The Chambre des Comptes had civil and criminal jurisdiction over its own officers and over offenses committed within its precincts near the Sainte-Chapelle. Its jurisdiction extended to the whole kingdom in certain areas (war, navy, colonies, royal treasury, highways and bridges, etc.), but the provincial audit chambers excluded certain accounts from its jurisdiction. The Chambre des Comptes prided itself on being the oldest in the kingdom, ahead of the Parlement. Its officers enjoyed important privileges: nobility, the title of king's counselor, free salt, exemptions from taille, corvée, etc. Automatically translated

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Comme le Conseil du roi, la Chambre des comptes est un démembrement de l'ancienne cour le roi, dans la partie chargée de surveiller le domaine royal, la manutention des finances et la vérification des comptes des agents du roi. Son rôle consistait à enregistrer les édits et déclarations concernant le domaine, les lettres d'annoblissement, de naturalisation, les pensions, etc. Elle enregistrait aussi les contrats de mariage de la famille royale, les traités de paix. La Chambre des comptes avait juridiction civile et criminelle sur ses propres officiers et sur les délits commis dans son enceinte près de la Sainte-Chapelle. Elle étendait sa juridiction à tout le royaume sur certains domaines (guerre, marine, colonies, Trésor royal, ponts et chaussées, etc.) mais les Chambres des comptes provinciales soustrayait à sa juridiction certaines comptabilités. La Chambre des comptes se vantait d'être la plus ancienne du royaume, avant le Parlement. Ses officiers jouissaient d'importants privilèges : noblesse, titre de conseillers du roi, franc-salé, exemptions de tailles, corvées, etc..

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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1572

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