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fjt_755448 - FRENCH ACADEMY / ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE Louis XV n.d.

FRENCH ACADEMY / ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE Louis XV AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 20.00 €
Type : Louis XV
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : s.l.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,79 g.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
Patine claire et brillante. Faiblesses de frappe à l’avers et traces de nettoyage
Catalogue references :
F.4377  - Guéant - Prieur550
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la Collection MARINECHE

Obverse

Obverse legend : LOUIS XV. ROY - DE FR. ET DE NAV..
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XV signé DUVIVIER.

Reverse

Reverse legend : PROTECTEUR DE L'ACADEMIE FRANCOISE // A L’IMMORTALITE.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire. “A L’IMMORTALITE” entouré par une couronne de laurier.

Historical background

FRENCH ACADEMY / ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE

The French Academy was founded in 1635, under the reign of Louis XIII, by Cardinal Richelieu, with the aim of embellishing and perfecting the French language, symbol of the power of the King and the State. It had to be "perfect, clear and precise, capable of marrying the twists and turns of thought, of supplanting Latin and of finishing off lexical and stylistic misuse." Monitoring the language, and therefore the writings, was also a means of thwarting political intrigues... The Academy receives as its seal the motto "to immortality" with a crown of laurels, and the care of writing the Dictionary of the language French. Reading advice: MASSON F., "History of the French Academy, 1629-1793", Paris, 1912.

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