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Date: 1782
Metal : silver
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,22 g.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUDOVICO XVI. REGI CHRISTIANISS..
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XVI, signé B. DU VIV. type Guéant Prieur 0744W.
Obverse translation : Louis XVI, roi très chrétien.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRO RE NAVALI NAUTARUMQUE VIDUIS ET PUPILLIS SPONTE DONA OFFEREBAT CLERUS GALLIC. MDCCLXXXII.
Reverse description : Croix rayonnante entre deux fleurs de lys au-dessus de la légende.
Reverse translation : Le clergé de France offre ces dons de sa propre initiative à la Marine et aux veuves et pupilles des marins.
Commentary
Cassure de coin au niveau de la signature à l’avers. Les victimes que le clergé soutient de son don spontané sont celles de la guerre d'Indépendance d'Amérique afin de contribuer à cette tâche nationale. Voir l’ouvrage de Jean Lecompte, “Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises” pages 190 et 191.
Die break at the level of the signature on the obverse. The victims that the clergy supported with their spontaneous donation were those of the American War of Independence in order to contribute to this national task. See the work of Jean Lecompte, “Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises” pages 190 and 191
Die break at the level of the signature on the obverse. The victims that the clergy supported with their spontaneous donation were those of the American War of Independence in order to contribute to this national task. See the work of Jean Lecompte, “Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises” pages 190 and 191
Historical background
CLERGY ASSEMBLY AND RELIGIOUS JETONS
The Assembly of the Clergy is the ecclesiastical institution of France under the Ancien Régime. It enjoys the protection of the King and tax immunity (formulated during the Lateran Councils III and IV - 1179 and 1215). There are two kinds of assemblies: the small ones, called "account assemblies", which bring together thirty-two deputies (two per province); and the large assemblies (sixty-four deputies) called upon to resolve questions of a religious nature (relations with Rome, the Protestants, Jansenism, etc.). The last assembly was held in 1788. Biblio.: MOUSNIER R., "The Institutions of France under the absolute monarchy", Paris, 1974, t. I, pp. 284-288; BLET P., "The clergy of France and the monarchy. Study on the general assemblies of the clergy of France from 1615 to 1666", 2 vols., Rome, 1959.
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