Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - François-Pierre du Rocher 1747 front Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - François-Pierre du Rocher 1747 back
Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - François-Pierre du Rocher 1747 photo
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Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - François-Pierre du Rocher

1747 year
Silver - 28.5 mm
Description
Location
France
King
Louis XV (1715-1774)
Type
Utility items › Counter tokens
Year
1747
Composition
Silver
Diameter
28.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#324813
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

Oval escutcheon on a cartouche, bearing the arms of the city of Nantes: a Nantes ship sailing to the left, on a chief charged with ermines, surmounted by a count's crown, the whole surrounded by the cordelière.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
DE LA MAIRIE DE MR DU ROCHER
1747.

Edge

Milled

Comment

Same wedge used to strike the reverse of François Moricaud's 1738 and 1739 tokens. Only the date and legend have been changed, and a hollow is visible at these points.