FRANCE Medal 1750s Louis XV. Original strike without edge marking! VF

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1750s, France, Louis XV. Royal Academy of Sciences. Original strike without edge marking! Silver Medal.

Mint Place: Paris.
References: Feuardent 4408.
Mint year: 1750s (original strike!)
Denomination: Medal (Jetton) - Royal Academy of Sciences
Condition: Numerous bag-marks from circulation, otherwise a nice VF!
Material: Silver
Diameter: 30mm
Weight: 7.8gm


Obverse: Head of Louis XV right. Medallist´s signature (fm.) below.
Legend: LUD . XV . REX - CHRISTIANISS . / fm .

Reverse: Seated togate Athena, holding spear, surrounded by symbols of science (chemistry, geography, geometry, Astronomy...).
Legend: INVENIT ET PERFICIT ("[He] invented and made it."
Exergue: REGIA SCIENTIARUM ACADEMIA .


The French Academy of Sciences (French: Académie des sciences) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. It was at the forefront of scientific developments in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, and is one of the earliest Academies of Sciences. Today, it is one of the five Académies of Institut de France.

The Academy of Sciences owes its origin to Colbert's plan to create a general academy. He chose a small group of scholars who met on 22 December 1666 in the King's library, and thereafter held twice-weekly working meetings there. The first 30 years of the Academy's existence were relatively informal, since no statutes had as yet been laid down for the institution. In contrast to its British counterpart, the Academy was founded as an organ of government. The Academy was expected to remain apolitical, and to avoid discussion of religious and social issues (Conner, 2005, p. 385).

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