FRANCE Jeton (Medal) 1780 Louis Benoist de La Grandière (Mayor of Tours). XF

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1780, Royal France, Louis XVI. Louis Benoist de La Grandière (Mayor of Tours). Silver Jeton / Medal.

Mint Place: Paris
Medallist: Du Vivier.
References: Feu. 8364.
Mint Year: 1780 (Original strike!)
Condition: Scattered bag-marks from circulation, othewrise XF.
Denomination: Jeton (Medal) - Étienne-Jacques-Christophe Benoist de La Grandière (Mayor of Tours).
Material: Silver
Weight: 10.36gm
Diameter: 30mm


Obverse: Draped bust bust of Louis XVI left. Medallist´s signature (Du Viv.) below.
Legend: LUDOV . XVI . REX CHRISTIANISS .


Reverse: Crowned coat-of-arms of the Mayor, surrounded by legend.
Legend: MAIRIE . DE . Mr . E.J.C. BENOIST DE LA GRANDIERE 1780




Étienne-Jacques-Christophe Benoist de La Grandière, born on July 24, 1733 in Tours and died in Tours on December 18, 1805, was a French jurist, mayor of the city of Tours from 1780 to 1790, of which he was the last under the Ancien Régime.

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