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Jeton - Louis XIV - États de Bourgogne - Nouvelles levées de fonds cuivre

Location France
Year 1648
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Period 17th century
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Obverse description Central device depicts the arms of Burgundy — a shield bendy of six pieces — within a beaded inner circle. The circular legend reads COMITIA BVRGVNDIAE, separated by a rosette ornament, with the date 1648 in the exergue below the shield.
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Reverse description Central device shows a ducal coronet held upright, above which descends from a band of clouds a shower of downward-pointing arrows or rain lines, symbolizing the overwhelming force of new fiscal levies. The circular legend surrounds the scene within a beaded border.
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