E-auction 616-600578 - fjt_998127 - ILE DE FRANCE - TOWNS AND GENTRY NICOLAS DESMARETZ 1708

ILE DE FRANCE - TOWNS AND GENTRY NICOLAS DESMARETZ XF

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Estimate :	150 €
Price :	41 €
Maximum bid :	42 €
End of the sale :	03 February 2025 20:09:40
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : NICOLAS DESMARETZ

Date: 1708

Metal : brass

Diameter : 30,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 8,68 g.

Edge : lisse

Puncheon : sans poinçon

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Usure régulière

Catalogue references :

F.5751 - Corre.1548

Obverse

Obverse description : Armes de Desmaretz.

Reverse

Reverse legend : NICOLAS DES MARETZ . MINISTRE D ETAT. CONTRÔL GENERAL DES FINANCES . NOVEMBRE . 1708.

Reverse description : Inscription en sept lignes dans le champ.

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.
Comme pour tous les grands commis de l’État ayant travaillé aux Finances, une biographie très détaillée de notre personnage se trouve sur le site du Ministère des Finances à http://www.comite-histoire.minefi.gouv.fr/recherches_finances/les_hommes/controleurs_generaux/xviiie7211/nicolas_desmaretz .
Praised by Voltaire, this great financier took charge when the State had accumulated two billion livres of debt. He succeeded in restoring 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. As with all the great civil servants who worked in Finance, a very detailed biography of our character can be found on the website of the Ministry of Finance at http://www.comite-histoire.minefi.gouv.fr/recherches_finances/les_hommes/controleurs_generaux/xviiie7211/nicolas_desmaretz