© Don Pep
© Don Pep
Token - Louis XV Ville d’Angers ND
1709 year| Silver | 6.07 g | 28.5 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| King | Louis XIV (1643-1715) |
| Type | Utility items › Counter tokens |
| Year | 1709 |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 6.07 g |
| Diameter | 28.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#190072 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 95% |
Reverse
Square shield with the town's coat of arms on a cartouche.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ASSIDVIS CONSILIIS
Edge
Milled
Comment
CGB indicates a rarity level of R1 for this token.The company thought the obverse unpublished, the illustrated token seems to prove that this is not the case.
ANJOU - NOBILITY
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Anjou was formed as a county in 878 by Ingelger, founder of the Angevin dynasty from which the Plantagenets and the English kings from Henry II onwards emerged. In 1203, the county was confiscated, but in 1246 it was given by will to Charles d'Anjou, brother of Saint Louis. Thereafter, the matrimonial alliances of the princes of Anjou enabled the house to reign in various parts of Europe: Naples, Hungary, Taranto, etc. In 1328, Anjou was reunited with the crown by Philippe VI de Valois, but became a duchy again in 1360 for the second son of Jean le Bon. The last descendant of this family, King René, died in 1481, and Anjou was definitively attached to the Crown in 1482, although the title was still held by several princes of the blood, such as the future Philip V of Spain.
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