Louis XVI - Etats de Lille argent
Features
| Location |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Louis XVI (1774-1792)
|
| Type | Utility items › Counter tokens |
| Years | 1785-1792 |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 17.78 g |
| Diameter | 34 mm |
| Shape | Octagonal (8-sided) |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 535675 |
| References | Feu# 7191 var Félix-Bienaimé Feuardent. Jetons et méreaux depuis Louis IX jusqu'à la fin du Consulat de Bonaparte. Paris, France (5 volumes). Olivier Guéant, Michel Prieur; 2008. Bustes des rois et reines de France sur les jetons de l'Ancien Régime: Busts of the kings and queens of France on the tokens of the Ancien Régime. Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. |
Obverse
Right-hand bust of Louis XVI, signed DU VIV.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LUDOV . XVI . REX CHRISTIANISS .
DU VIV .
Unabridged legend: Ludovicus XVI Rex Christianissimus
Engraver: Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier
Reverse
Quartered shield of the States of Lille, the four Bailliages, Douai and Orchies.
Script: Latin
Lettering: COMITIA FLANDRIÆ WALLONIENSIS
Edge
Plain
Comments
This token certainly dates from the mid-to-late 1780s. It is this specimen that illustrates the type in Guéant Prieur.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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