Jeton Louis XV - chambre de commerce de L'Isle
Features
| Location |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Louis XV (1715-1774)
|
| Type | Utility items › Counter tokens |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 7.54 g |
| Diameter | 29 mm |
| Thickness | 1.16 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 571106 |
| References | Feu# 7268 Félix-Bienaimé Feuardent. Jetons et méreaux depuis Louis IX jusqu'à la fin du Consulat de Bonaparte. Paris, France (5 volumes). |
Obverse
Laureate head of the king, very young (adolescent?), on the right, with royal title around it.
Script: Latin
Lettering: LUD • XV • D • G • FR • ET NAV • REX •
Unabridged legend: Ludovicus XV Dei Gratia Francorum et Navarrae Rex
Reverse
The North Star attracting the needle of a compass placed on a pedestal bearing the coat of arms of Lille. To the left of the pedestal, bales on land.
In the background, five ships on the water.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
UT REGAT HINC REGITUR
CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE
DE LA VILLE
DE L'ISLE.
Edge
Finely fluted.
Comments
There are 26 "Chambre de commerce de la ville de l'Isle" token references listed at FEUARDENT.
This model appears to be one of the earliest, and depicts King Louis XV as a very young man.
The first chamber of commerce was that of Marseille, created in 1599 and known as the "bureau du commerce". It was approved by King Henry IV the following year. A second bureau du commerce was set up in Rouen in 1601, followed by a third in Paris the same year. In 1650, the Marseilles Board of Trade was renamed the Chamber of Commerce, and became independent of the city council.
In Paris, the six corps des marchands and the juges-consuls had a role similar to that of a chamber of commerce: an association of merchants brought together to deliberate on the interests of their city or region and give their opinions to the government. Colbert legalized them in 1664, stipulating that each trading post would choose two of their number to represent it.
However, the institution was not really established until the Council decree of August 30, 1701, and numerous chambers of commerce sprang up in the 18th century in Lyon, Rouen, Toulouse, Montpellier, Bordeaux and elsewhere.
Abolished in 1791, chambers of commerce were re-established in 1802.
(sources :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambre_de_commerce_et_d%27industrie_en_France )
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