fjt_1021591 - NANTES (ALDERMANS AND MAYORS OF...) Jean-Jacques Berrouette, maire de Nantes 1783
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Type : Jean-Jacques Berrouette, maire de Nantes
Date: 1783
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,26 g.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène, légèrement irisée, avec une petite sur les hauts reliefs. Présence de quelques rayures
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IN TE DOMINE SPERAVI ; À L’EXERGUE : 1782-1783.
Obverse description : Écu couronné aux armes de Jean-Jacques Berrouette et soutenu par deux lions.
Obverse translation : J'ai espéré en Toi, Seigneur.
Reverse
Reverse legend : * DE LA MAIRIE DE - M. BERROUETTE.
Reverse description : Écu couronné avec la caravelle nantaise, au chef d’hermines, autour une cordelière.
Commentary
Sur ces jetons, les armes de Berrouette semblent porter non pas trois roses en chef mais deux roses et une molette. Jean-Jacques Berrouette est négociant et avocat du roi à la Cour des monnaies, il est consul en 1760, échevin en 1762 puis maire et colonel de la milice bourgeoise de 1782 à 1786. Ses armes portent d’argent à trois chevrons d’azur, accompagnés de trois roses en chef et une en pointe.
On these tokens, Berrouette's arms appear to bear not three roses in chief but two roses and a rowel. Jean-Jacques Berrouette was a merchant and king's lawyer at the Court of Coins, he was consul in 1760, alderman in 1762 then mayor and colonel of the bourgeois militia from 1782 to 1786. His arms bear silver with three azure chevrons, accompanied by three roses in chief and one in base
On these tokens, Berrouette's arms appear to bear not three roses in chief but two roses and a rowel. Jean-Jacques Berrouette was a merchant and king's lawyer at the Court of Coins, he was consul in 1760, alderman in 1762 then mayor and colonel of the bourgeois militia from 1782 to 1786. His arms bear silver with three azure chevrons, accompanied by three roses in chief and one in base
Historical background
NANTES (ALDERMANS AND MAYORS OF...)
The Town Hall of Nantes was installed in 1565 after having been created by François II in 1560, with the right to elect its aldermen. The first strikes of tokens are attested by the texts from 1569. The first tokens do not bear the name of the mayor, they are tokens of aldermen. A second period began in 1631 with the appearance of the mayor's name on the tokens. The coat of arms appeared in 1637. There are silver and copper tokens for this period. In the 18th century, on the other hand, most tokens were made of silver. In 1787, the mayor received 140 silver tokens and each alderman received 70, making a total of 700 annual tokens. Several studies have been made on this series: Fornier, in his study on the tokens of Brittany, listed 100 different tokens. Perthuis and de la Nicollière count 103 in the Golden Book of the Nantes City Hall, Soullard, Tokens of the Mayors of Nantes, finds a total of 135.
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