Jeton - Nicolas Desmaretz, Administrateur du Royaume
Features
| Location |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Louis XIV (1643-1715)
|
| Type | Utility items › Counter tokens |
| Year | 1712 |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 7.50 g |
| Diameter | 29.50 mm |
| Thickness | 1 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Number | N# 370936 |
| References | Feu# 5752 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
Right bust of Desmaretz, signed N.R. Caption around.
Script: Latin
Lettering: NICOLAUS. DESMARETZ. REGNI. ADMINISTER.
Engraver: Norbert Roettiers
Reverse
Desmaretz coat of arms. His functions around and date in the exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
GENERALIS AERARII MODERATOR
1712
Edge
Full
Comments
Comments:
Praised by Voltaire, this great financier took up his post when the state had accumulated two billion livres in debt. He managed to restore credit thanks to loans from banker Samuel Bernard, but was deposed by the Regent on the death of Louis XIV. A worthy emulator of his uncle Colbert, his successors made him very much missed. (CGB)
Nicolas Desmarets (or Desmaretz), Marquis de Maillebois, was a French statesman. He was born in Paris on September 10, 1648, and died at his private residence in rue Saint-Marc on May 4, 1721.
Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Desmarets_(contr%C3%B4leur_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_des_finances)
Praised by Voltaire, this great financier took up his post when the state had accumulated two billion livres in debt. He managed to restore credit thanks to loans from banker Samuel Bernard, but was deposed by the Regent on the death of Louis XIV. A worthy emulator of his uncle Colbert, his successors made him very much missed. (CGB)
Nicolas Desmarets (or Desmaretz), Marquis de Maillebois, was a French statesman. He was born in Paris on September 10, 1648, and died at his private residence in rue Saint-Marc on May 4, 1721.
Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Desmarets_(contr%C3%B4leur_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_des_finances)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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