| Location |
France
|
|---|---|
| King |
Louis XV (1715-1774)
|
| Type | Utility items › Counter tokens |
| Year | 1721 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 9.35 g |
| Diameter | 30.2 mm |
| Thickness | 1.8 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 515785 |
| References | Feu# 10597 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.Jean-Louis Tricou; 1955. Les Jetons consulaires de Lyon. Émile Bourgey, Paris, France. |
Escutcheon. Anepigraph.
Four escutcheons.
Legend in two circular lines and date in the center.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
MESSIEVRS . BOVRG . ESTIENNE . MICHON . MICHEL . ECN . D.LYON
1721.
Plain
Lyon's series of consular tokens dates back to 1624, when tokens were first distributed to members, officers and personalities whose merits were to be rewarded by the Consulate. The first distributions were intermittent, and did not become regular until 1652, when the rule of distributing silver tokens at the end of each provost's two-year term seems to have been adopted. For the consuls (also known as échevins), these tokens were a memento of their office and an opportunity to display their coat of arms. For secondary figures, on the other hand, the tokens served as gratuities, and they often preferred to be paid in cash. For major figures such as intendants and archbishops, tokens were accumulated and added to the family silver. The number of bursary recipients, set at nine in 1652, grew steadily, rising from 900 tokens to 4,400 in 1745. Copper tokens for Consulate employees were minted in uncertain numbers. Most of these tokens were engraved by the Monnaie de Lyon's engraver, for example Clair I Jacquemin or Aimé Jacquemin, while their manufacture was entrusted to the Monnaie des Médailles, which had the exclusive privilege of striking them from 1672 onwards. Numerous studies have been carried out on the consular token series, the most recent and best documented being Jean Tricou's Les jetons consulaires de Lyon, Paris, Bourgey, 1955.
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