E-auction 27-8889 - fjt_309139 - ILE DE FRANCE - TOWNS AND GENTRY NICOLAS DESMARETZ 1712
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Estimate : | 58 € |
Price : | 25 € |
Maximum bid : | 25 € |
End of the sale : | 21 October 2013 18:44:00 |
bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : NICOLAS DESMARETZ
Date: 1712
Metal : brass
Diameter : 29,50 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NICOLAUS. DESMARETZ. REGNI. ADMINISTER.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Desmaretz signé N.R.
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENERALIS AERARII MODERATOR. 1712.
Reverse description : Écu aux armes des Desmaretz.
Reverse translation : Controleur Général des Finances.
Commentary
Loué par Voltaire, ce grand financier prit sa charge alors que l'Etat avait accumulé deux milliards de livres de dettes. Il réussit à rétablir le crédit grace aux prêts du banquier Samuel Bernard mais fut destitué par le Régent à la mort de Louis XIV. Digne émule de son oncle Colbert, ses successeurs le firent regretter.