fjt_978876 - CITY OF STRASBOURG 1781
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Date: 1781
Metal : silver plated bronze
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,56 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Nettoyé, argenture incomplète
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Armes de Franck.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ARGENTORATUM. FELIX. VOTIS. SECVLARIBUS. PRID. CAL. OCTO. MDCCLXXXI.
Reverse description : Fleur de lis refleurie.
Commentary
Ce jeton fut frappé pour commémorer la naissance du dauphin, le 11 novembre 1781, probablement sur demande de la ville de Strasbourg dont le lis de type florentin est repris au revers de cet exemplaire. La forme hexagonale rappelle celle de monnaies locales de l’époque pré-française.
This token was struck to commemorate the birth of the Dauphin on 11 November 1781, probably at the request of the city of Strasbourg, whose Florentine-type lily is reproduced on the reverse of this example. The hexagonal shape is reminiscent of local coins from the pre-French era.
This token was struck to commemorate the birth of the Dauphin on 11 November 1781, probably at the request of the city of Strasbourg, whose Florentine-type lily is reproduced on the reverse of this example. The hexagonal shape is reminiscent of local coins from the pre-French era.
Historical background
CITY OF STRASBOURG
(Seventeenth century)
During the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), Alsace was ravaged by the belligerents: French, Germans and Swedes. In 1638, the Prince of Saxe-Weimar seized Alsace but he was killed in 1679 and the French recovered the new province which was attached to France by the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. In 1673, Alsace was invaded by the Imperials. Turenne won the victory of Turckheim in January 1675 and reconquered Alsace, but he was swept away by a cannonball in front of Salzbach on July 27, 1675. With the Treaty of Nijmegen, on February 5, 1679, Alsace definitively passed under French control. France seized Strasbourg on September 30, 1681 and Louis XIV entered the city on October 8..
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