© CGB
© CGB
Jeton - Louis XIV - États de Bourgogne - Naissance du petit-fils de Louis XIV cuivre
1682 year| Copper | 6.85 g | 28.5 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| King | Louis XIV (1643-1715) |
| Type | Commemorative medals › Company, institution and association medals |
| Year | 1682 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 6.85 g |
| Diameter | 28.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#336800 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
A ram at right, head turned back, lying on zodiac; date in exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
• NOSTRVM • VNI • EX • SVPERIS • NOMEN •
• 1682 •
Unabridged legend: Nostrum uni ex superis nomen.
Edge
Plain.
Comment
On August 6, 1682, at Versailles, the grandson of Louis XIV was born. The elected representatives of the States of Burgundy, who were in Paris at the time, were quick to allude to this happy event. The king being the sun, they thought they could do no better than to represent the first sign of the zodiac, Aries or the ram. The motto was a strange flattery: "One of the gods bears my name".The token was engraved in October 1682 by F. Chéron, engraver of the king's medals. He received 8,221 livres 16 sols, i.e. :
- 3,722 livres 2 sols 6 deniers, for two hundred gold tokens for the Prince de Condé and the Duc d'Enghien;
- 4,117 livres 16 sols 4 deniers, for 121 marcs 5 gros of silver, at 34 livres per marc, including handling;
- plus 270 livres, for ninety purses of one hundred copper tokens each, at 3 livres per purse;
- plus 100 livres for the corners, and 12 livres for the wines to the workers who monetized the tokens.
The purses were supplied by H. Tresneau, and cost 392 livres 10 sols.
