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fjt_212263 - COUR DES MONNAIES DE PARIS Pierre Griffon, Monnayeur à Paris 1652

COUR DES MONNAIES DE PARIS Pierre Griffon, Monnayeur à Paris VF
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : Pierre Griffon, Monnayeur à Paris
Date: 1652
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 26,7 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : Lisse
Rarity : R3
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : (QUINTEFEUILLE)PIERRE (QUINTEFEUILLE) GRIFFON (QUINTEFEUILLE) 1652 (QUINTEFEUILLE).
Obverse description : Écu à ses armes.

Reverse


Reverse legend : LES MONNOIERS DE PARIS DV SERMENT DE FRANCE ET 1652.
Reverse description : Armes des monnayeurs.

Commentary


Il est étrange que ce jeton de monnayeur soit assez mal frappé au revers et décentré. On rencontre de tels décentrages sur des refrappes, ce qui n’est pas le cas. Nous avions déjà remarqué un jeton de greffier de la Cour des Monnaies pastiché par ses compétiteurs de Nuremberg : serait-ce de nouveau le cas ? La qualité de gravure, très bonne, ne le laisse pas penser. Négligence pour un jeton destiné aux comptes internes de l’atelier ? La comparaison avec la qualité de frappe d’un autre exemplaire de ce très rare jeton apporterait certainement des précisions.
On notera que le coin utilisé avec les armes des monnayeurs semble être la ré-utilisation du coin utilisé pour le jeton de IEAN. VAMBOURG. MONNOYER, JETONS 15, n° 359, pour lequel les mêmes remarques s’imposent quand à la qualité de gravure du jeton.
It is strange that this coiner's token is rather poorly struck on the reverse and off-center. Such off-centering is encountered on re-strikes, which is not the case. We had already noticed a token of a clerk of the Court of Mints pastiched by its competitors in Nuremberg: could this be the case again? The quality of the engraving, very good, does not suggest it. Negligence for a token intended for the internal accounts of the workshop? Comparison with the striking quality of another example of this very rare token would certainly provide clarification. It should be noted that the die used with the coat of arms of the coiners seems to be the reuse of the die used for the token of IEAN. VAMBOURG. MONNOYER, JETONS 15, n° 359, for which the same remarks are necessary regarding the quality of the engraving of the token

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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