E-auction 207-135135 - fjt_299707 - COUR DES MONNAIES DE PARIS Archimède 1587
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 27 € |
| Maximum bid : | 30 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 April 2017 17:47:00 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Archimède
Date: 1587
Mint name / Town : Nuremberg
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Ce jeton provient de la collection Pierre-Yves Lathoumétie
Obverse
Obverse legend : CVRIA. MONETAR. FRA.
Obverse description : Écu de France couronné entouré du collier de l’ordre de Saint Michel.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PATET. FALLATIA. TANDEM ; À L'EXERGUE : 1587.
Reverse description : Archimède debout à droite, découvrant le poids spécifique des corps. Il verse de l’eau dans une bassine au-dessus de laquelle il tient une couronne avant de l’y plonger.
Reverse translation : La supercherie est enfin découverte.
Commentary
La supercherie fait allusion à la couronne de plaqué or offerte à Hiéron de Syracuse qui donna à Archimède l’occasion de faire sa fameuse découverte (Eureka !).
Historical background
COUR DES MONNAIES DE PARIS
(1552-1791)
In the Middle Ages, the Chamber of coins, located in the Palace, in the same premises as the Chamber of Accounts, was responsible for monitoring mints.. In 1522, Francis I gave it the powers of a real court to judge cases relating to counterfeit coin.. In 1552, Henry II erected this Chamber into a sovereign court, better known as the Cour des coins de Paris. The Court of coins of Paris had, in addition to its judicial powers, a political function (remonstrances, drafting of certain edicts. . . ) and control over weights and measures (it kept in particular the so-called "Charlemagne" pile). From 1704 to 1771 it gave up part of its jurisdiction in favor of the Cour des coins de Lyon. The Paris coin Court was abolished in 1791, during the Revolution. The Provost General of coins was a company responsible for policing coins and enforcing the judgments of the Cour des coins in the 17th and 18th centuries.. At its head, the provost general of the coins was an officer established to know the crimes of counterfeit coin and to instruct summarily the trials of counterfeit coin, the proceedings of which were then presented to the Court of the coins.
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