Louis XVI - États de Bourgogne cuivre; refrappe

The États de Bourgogne were a provincial assembly with the unusual privilege of levying their own taxes and issuing their own jetons — a right jealously maintained until the Revolution abolished such bodies outright in 1790. The restrikes ("refrappes") of these jetons were produced for collectors rather than circulation, likely after the originals had already seen institutional use as accounting tokens in the assembly's financial proceedings.

Distinguishing original strikes from refrappes on this type requires close attention to die state and edge freshness. Feugère 9865 records the piece, though census data for surviving examples remains sparse.