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FRANCE: Louis XV, 1715-1774, AE jeton, ND (1719), PCGS MS63

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Europe Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
FRANCE: Louis XV, 1715-1774, AE jeton, ND (1719), PCGS MS63
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FRANCE: Louis XV, 1715-1774, AE jeton, ND (1719), Feuerdant-13223, 25mm bronze jeton for the The Capture of Fontarabia in Basque Country; LVD XV D G FR ET N REX around laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left of King left // PACIS FIRMANDÆ EREPTUM PIGNUS around France, helmeted, standing right, resting on shield and presenting laurel-branch to Spain, standing left, resting on shield, likely produced in Nuremberg, a lovely mint state example! PCGS graded MS63. Fontarabia (modern Hondarribia), a Spanish border town, was captured by French forces under Duke of Berwick in June 1719 during a brief war, an event commemorated by French jetons (tokens) featuring Louis XV, highlighting this military success and bolstering French prestige in the region.