fjt_808325 - TRÉSOR ROYAL Louis XIV n.d.
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Type : Louis XIV
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Nuremberg
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,65 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Jeton provenant de la Collection MARINECHE
Obverse
Obverse legend : LOUIS. LE. GRAND. ROY. DE. FRANCE.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XIV [n°166].
Reverse
Reverse legend : VEHIT. NON. SERVAT ; À L'EXERGUE : AERARIVM. REGIVM. .
Reverse description : Un aqueduc d'où s'écoule une chute d'eau.
Reverse translation : Il transporte l'eau mais ne se la réserve pas. Trésor royal .
Commentary
L'aqueduc ne sert qu'à porter les eaux qui coulent sans cesse et ne s'y arrestent jamais Le Trésor royal de mesme est le lieu par où passent continuellement les revenus du Roy, qui sont incessamment employez aux besoins de l'Etat et pour les récompenses des bons sujets de sa Majesté" (Mercure Galant, janvier 1681).
Historical background
TRÉSOR ROYAL
The first Capetian kings settled their personal affairs themselves by calling on a Chancellor and four Ministers of the King's Household: the Seneschal, the Constable, the Grand Bouteiller and the Grand Chamberlain. The Grand Bouteiller managed the Royal Treasury with the Grand Chambrier. Under Philip IV, the Chamber of Accounts appears and in 1311, the Superintendent of Finance is assisted by a Treasurer. Royal Treasury and Public Treasury are nevertheless confused until Charles V. Under Charles VII, the Treasurers are increased to four and are responsible for establishing the revenue budget. Under François I, the kingdom was divided into sixteen jurisdictions with a Receiver General at their heads and a Treasurer of Savings who centralized everything..
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