fjt_874310 - ILE DE FRANCE - TOWNS AND GENTRY NICOLAS DESMARETZ 1712
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Type : NICOLAS DESMARETZ
Date: 1712
Metal : brass
Diameter : 29,50 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,28 g.
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.
Praised by Voltaire, this great financier took charge when the state had accumulated two billion livres of debt. He managed to restore credit thanks to loans from the banker Samuel Bernard but was dismissed by the Regent upon the death of Louis XIV. A worthy emulator of his uncle Colbert, his successors made him missed.
Praised by Voltaire, this great financier took charge when the state had accumulated two billion livres of debt. He managed to restore credit thanks to loans from the banker Samuel Bernard but was dismissed by the Regent upon the death of Louis XIV. A worthy emulator of his uncle Colbert, his successors made him missed.
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ILE DE FRANCE - TOWNS AND GENTRY
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