Token - Louis XIV - Trésor Royal - Ea Cura Quietum Sollicitat

Reverse

Scene by sea with mountain in background: Hercules sitting on a rock on right. On left, two young girls present him with fruit. Lettering around, lettering and date in exergue. Toothed border

Script: Latin

Lettering:
EA CURA QUIETUM SOLLICITAT ·
TRESOR ROYAL.
1715

Translation:
This care (worry) disturbs his rest
Royal Treasury

Edge

Plain

Comment

ROYAL TREASURY
The first Capetian kings settled their personal affairs themselves by appealing to a Chancellor and four Ministers of the King's House: the Seneschal, the Constable, the Grand Bouteiller and the Grand Chambrier. The Grand Bouteiller managed the royal treasure with the Grand Chambrier. Under Philip IV, the Chamber of Accounts appeared and in 1311, the Superintendent of Finance was assisted by a Treasurer. The royal treasury and the public treasury merged, however, under Charles V. Under Charles VII, the treasurers were raised to four and were responsible for drawing up the revenue budget. Under Francis I, the kingdom was divided into sixteen springs with a Receiver General at their heads and a Treasurer of the Savings who centralized the whole.