FRANCE Jeton (Token) 1728 Louis XV. Original strike without edge marking! XF

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1728, Royal France, Louis XV. Department of War (Military Administration). Silver Jeton (Token). Original Strike!

Mint Place: Paris
Medallist: Du Vivier.
Reference: Feuardent 791.
Mint Year: 1728 (original strike!)
Condition: Light digs ans scratches, othewrise a pleasant XF!
Denomination: Jeton (Token) - Department of War (military administration).
Material: Silver
Diameter: 29mm
Weight: 7.44gm

Obverse: Draped and armored bust of Louis XV right. Medallist´s signature (DU VIVIER F.) below.
Legend: LUD . XV . REX - CHRISTIANISSIMUS

Reverse: Standing, half-nude figure of Hercules, resting his right hand on his club and holding a laurel branch in his left. Medallist´s signature (IB) above ground line near to right.
Legend: ORBEM PACERE TRIUMPHUS. ("To pacify the world is a triumph.")
Exergue: EXTRAORDINARAIRE DES GUERRES 1728.



Louis XV (Versailles, 15 February 1710 – Versailles, 10 May 1774) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death on 10 May 1774. Coming to the throne at the age of five, Louis reigned until 15 February 1723, the date of his thirteenth birthday, with the aid of the Régent, Philippe, duc d'Orléans, his great-uncle, thereafter taking formal personal control of government.

Unexpectedly surviving the death of most of the royal family, he enjoyed a favourable reputation at the beginning of his reign and earned the epithet "le Bien-Aimé" ("the Beloved"). However, in time, his lack of morals, general inability to effectively reform France and the Monarchy, and the perceived failings of his foreign policy lost him the affection of his people, and he ended his life amongst the most unpopular kings of France.

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