Live auction - fjt_257187 - LANGUEDOC (STATES OF ...) Bourse de 40 jetons en argent des États 1787
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| Estimate : | 2 500 € |
| Price : | 1 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 000 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 March 2016 18:16:58 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Bourse de 40 jetons en argent des États
Date: 1787
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Tous les exemplaires présentent une patine identique et constituent un groupe homogène. Les jetons n’ont visiblement pas circulé mais présentent de petites marques consécutives à des manipulations subies. Une faiblesse de frappe sur la mèche au-dessus de l’oreille est plus ou moins visible sur les différents exemplaires. Légères traces noires sur les tranches mais aussi sur les listels de certains jetons ce qui laisse supposer un stockage probable dans une cheminée. Cette bourse a été conservée en famille depuis le milieu du XIXe siècle
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Bourse provenant de MONNAIES XIX, n° 1090 et de TRÉSORS II, n° 952
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. XVI. REX - CHRISTIANISS..
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XVI, au-dessous signature GATTEAUX..
Obverse translation : (Louis XVI, roi très chrétien).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COM. OCCIT. 1787.
Reverse description : Armes de la Province de Languedoc sous une couronne comtale ; au-dessus : .
Reverse translation : (États de Languedoc).
Commentary
Les quarante jetons sont conservés dans une bourse en soie verte à fond plat. L’intérieur est en soie rouge. L’ensemble est fermé par un double cordon. Cette bourse qui est en excellent état est probablement d’époque Restauration. Si l’on accepte l’hypothèse de la conservation des jetons dans une cheminée, on peut supposer que ces jetons ont probablement été cachés durant la Révolution puis replacés dans une bourse à l’époque de la Restauration. Intéressant document historique.
Historical background
LANGUEDOC (STATES OF ...)
The Estates of Languedoc were made up of the archbishops and bishops of the province, nobles and delegates from the Third Estate appointed by the municipal bodies. Made up of working commissions, the States had the particular role of managing the accounts and distributing the direct royal taxes advanced in the form of a subscription by this country of states.. They also organized the means of communication through public works contracts. The tokens of the States were originally intended to be distributed to the members of the office of the account then, this distribution was extended to the members of the office of the recruits, to the president of the States, to the syndics general of the seneschalses, to the clerk for the king, to the stock exchange treasurer, etc.. They could also be given as a gratuity or as a tribute to external personalities.. Made in Paris with vintages between 1634 and 1790, these tokens were distributed in the form of purses of around one hundred tokens. The most recent "Directory of tokens and medals of the Estates General of Languedoc" was written by M. Gérard Pinto, Notebooks of the bibliophile agreement of Montpellier, 1993.
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