fjt_1079622 - CHAMBRE AUX DENIERS Louis XIV 1693
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Type : Louis XIV
Date: 1693
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,97 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Usure régulière
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LVDOVICVS. MAGNVS. - .REX. CHRISTIANISS.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Louis XIV à droite, signé : L B.
Reverse
Reverse legend : AB. LOVIS. ORA ; À L’EXERGUE CHAMBRE. AUX DENIERS. 1693.
Reverse description : Palmier sous le soleil.
Commentary
Feuardent ne connaît ce jeton que sous la forme d’une refrappe à tranche cannelée.
Feuardent only knows this token in the form of a re-strike with a fluted edge
Feuardent only knows this token in the form of a re-strike with a fluted edge
Historical background
CHAMBRE AUX DENIERS
The Chambre aux deniers is "a kind of Accounting Chamber established for the personal expenses of the king or rather of the Hôtel du roi" (Charles Préau, Study on the Chambre aux deniers du roi du XIIe au XVIe siècle). It is also called "chambre aux deniers de l'hôtel" and has been established regularly since the reign of Saint Louis. The expenses of the offices, Bakery, Échansonnerie, Kitchen, Fruiterie, Stable and Pound, are regulated by the Chamber of the deniers which was made deliver funds by the Chamber of the Treasury.
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