fjt_443065 - NANTES (ALDERMANS AND MAYORS OF...) Louis Mesnard, sieur du Pavillon 1682
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Type : Louis Mesnard, sieur du Pavillon
Date: 1682
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,85 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire revêtu d’une belle patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .CORQVE. MANVSQVE. STVDENT. SVPERIS. ; À L’EXERGUE : .1682..
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de Louis Mesnard, timbré d’un casque taré de face et orné de ses lambrequins.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DE. LA. MAIRIE. DE. MR. DV. MESNARD. PAVILLON..
Reverse description : Écu couronné avec la caravelle nantaise, au chef d’hermines, autour une cordelière.
Commentary
Louis Mesnard, sieur du Pavillon et du Plessis Regnard est écuyer, échevin en 1664, et capitaine de la milice bourgeoise. Ses armes portent de gueules au cœur d’or, surmonté d’une croix d’argent, et soutenu d’un croissant de même, au bras d’or, issant à dextre d’une nuée d’argent, tenant un arc de même, au chef cousu d’azur, chargé de deux étoiles d’argent.
Historical background
NANTES (ALDERMANS AND MAYORS OF...)
The Town Hall of Nantes was installed in 1565 after having been created by François II in 1560, with the right to elect its aldermen. The first strikes of tokens are attested by the texts from 1569. The first tokens do not bear the name of the mayor, they are tokens of aldermen. A second period began in 1631 with the appearance of the mayor's name on the tokens. The coat of arms appeared in 1637. There are silver and copper tokens for this period. In the 18th century, on the other hand, most tokens were made of silver. In 1787, the mayor received 140 silver tokens and each alderman received 70, making a total of 700 annual tokens. Several studies have been made on this series: Fornier, in his study on the tokens of Brittany, listed 100 different tokens. Perthuis and de la Nicollière count 103 in the Golden Book of the Nantes City Hall, Soullard, Tokens of the Mayors of Nantes, finds a total of 135.
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