Token - Échevins et maires de Nantes Jean Poulain, Sieur De La Vincendiere
Features
| Location |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Louis XIV (1643-1715)
|
| Type | Utility items › Counter tokens |
| Year | 1661 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 6.26 g |
| Diameter | 26.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 555396 |
| References | Feu# 8869 Félix-Bienaimé Feuardent. Jetons et méreaux depuis Louis IX jusqu'à la fin du Consulat de Bonaparte. Paris, France (5 volumes). Pierre Corre; 1986. Corpus de jetons armoriés de personnages français = Corpus of Heraldic Tokens of French Figures (2nd Edition). Le Léopard d'or, Paris, France. |
Obverse
Coat of Arms
Script: Latin
Lettering:
INSIGNIA ● CIVITATIS
NANNETENSIS
Reverse
Shield
Script: Latin
Lettering:
HONORIS 16●61 BENE
• GESTI • MVNVS •
Edge
Plain
Mint
Nantes, France (?-1837)Comments
Nantes' town hall was established in 1565, after having been created by François II in 1560, with the right to elect its aldermen. The first tokens do not bear the mayor's name; they are "échevinage" tokens. The coat of arms appeared in 1637.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1661 | |||||||||||||||
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