Rechenpfennig - Louis XV The capture of Fontarabia, Basque Country

Rechenpfennig - Louis XV (The capture of Fontarabia, Basque Country) - obverseRechenpfennig - Louis XV (The capture of Fontarabia, Basque Country) - reverse

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Features

Location Free imperial city of Nuremberg (German States)
Period War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718-1720)
Type Utility items › Counter token
Composition Brass
Weight 4.99 g
Diameter 25 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
210048
References Feu# 13219
Félix-Bienaimé Feuardent; 1904. Jetons et méreaux depuis Louis IX jusqu'à la fin du Consulat de Bonaparte / Tome 1. Grandes administrations de l'état de la ville de Paris; corporations, etc.; noblesse et villes de l'Ile-de-France. Rollin et Feuardent, Paris, France.
And 3 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

The capture of Fontarabie (Basque country)Automatically translated

Obverse

Crowned portrait right

Script: Latin

Lettering: LUDOVICVS XV. D. G. FR - ET NAV REX

Unabridged legend: LUDOVICVS XV DEI GRATIA FRANCORVM ET NAVARRAE REX

Translation: Louis 15th, by the Grace of God, King of the Francs and Navarre

Reverse

France wearing a helmet on the left, standing facing right towards Spain wearing a helmet, facing left and holding out an olive branch

Script: Latin

Lettering: PACIS FIRMANDÆ EREPTUM PIGNUS

Translation: Peace strengthened, recovered, assured

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Nuremberg, Germany

Comments

Token commemorating the capture of Hondarribia (Basque Country), June 16, 1719 by Jacques I Fitz-James, Duke of Berwick - born in Moulins, in Bourbonnais, August 21, 1670 and killed June 12, 1734 at the siege of Philippsburg. Natural son of King James II Stuart, he was made Marshal of France in 1706.

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