Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - Christophe-Clair Danyel de Kervégan 1790 1790 front Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - Christophe-Clair Danyel de Kervégan 1790 1790 back
Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - Christophe-Clair Danyel de Kervégan 1790 1790 photo
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Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - Christophe-Clair Danyel de Kervégan

1790 year
Silver 6.85 g 28 mm
Description
Location
France
King
Louis XVI (1774-1792)
Type
Utility items › Counter tokens
Year
1790
Composition
Silver
Weight
6.85 g
Diameter
28 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#324845
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Shield with the arms of the city of Nantes.

Lettering: DE LA MAIRIE DE M. DE KERVEGAN.

Edge

Milled

Comment

Christophe-Clair Danyel de Kervégan, born December 25, 1735 and died October 2, 1817 in Nantes, was a French merchant, shipowner and politician. He was mayor of Nantes from 1789 to 1791 and in 1797, first president of the Loire-Inférieure General Council from 1800 to 1805, and a member of parliament from 1804 to 1810.