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Add MS 21391
- Record Id:
- 032-002033782
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002033782
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000043.0x000200
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- ISAD(G)
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- Add MS 21391
- Title:
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PAPERS in French relating to the coinage of France; from 1754 to 1810, viz.: 1. Letter from [Henri François de Paule] d'Ormesson [Intendant of Finance], to [Receiver-General of Taxes], relative to a collection of the coins of France by the Garde des Sceaux; Paris, 20 Mar. 1754; with a printed memoir; and draft of a letter in answer to the above; 30 Mar. 1754, f. 1.
2. Answer to the same from M. Bourgoin, Commis de M. Boulliette, Receveur à Bar-sur-Aube; 20 Apr. 1754, f. 5.
3. Copy of a certificate from M. Duperron, Directeur de la Monnoie de Paris, of the quality of the "ecu d'or" of 1582; 11 July, 1780, f. 7.
4. "Decret de la Convention Nationale du 26 Apr. 1793, relatif à l'empreinte des Monnoies de Cuivre et de Bronze." Signed, with a stamp, Garat. Printed. f. 8.
5. Receipt from M. Tiolier, Contrôleur du Monnoyage à Paris, to the citoyens Daumy, for copper; Paris, 4 Messidor, an 4 [22 June, 1796], f. 9.
6. Official copy of an act of the Prefect of the Seine relative to the receipt of clipped coin into the public treasury; Paris, 8 Fructidor, an 10 [26 Aug. 1802]; with reports in answer by various officials, f. 10.
7. Letter from M. Aigoix and others, Régisseurs de l'Octroi Municipal de Bienfaisance de Paris, to M. Gavinet, Controller; Paris, 17 Fructidor, an 12 [4 Sept. 1804], f. 23.
8. Certificate of the sealing up of patterns of coin, signed by MM. Mongez and Huguet, Administrateurs de Monnaies; 30 Thermidor, an 13 [18 Aug. 1805], f. 24.
9. Remarks by M. [Riouffe], Préfet du Departement de la Meurthe, as to the relative values of the French coinage; Nancy, 11 Sept. 1810, f. 25.
10. Letter to the above from [Martin Michel Charles Gaudin] Duc de Gaète, Minister of Finance, on the same subject; Paris, 13 Sept. 1810, f. 28.
11. Copy of a privilege granted to the French by Mu'in uddin Khan, Governor of Surat, to have coin struck at the same rate as the Dutch; dated Jumadi ussani, the first year [of the reign of Ahmad Shah, A.D. 1748], and bearing the seal of the Mufti Hamid uddin. Persian. f. 31. Paper. Folio.
- Scope & Content:
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France General Chronicles and History, etc: Papers relating to the coinage: 1754-1810.: Fr.
Coinage: Papers relating to the coinage of France: 1754-1810.: Fr.
includes:
- ff. 1, 5 Henri François de Paule d'Ormesson, Intendant of Finance: Correspondence with the Receiver-General of Taxes and M. Bourgoin: 1754.: Fr.
- f. 5 Bourgoin, Commis du Receveur à Bar-sur-Aube: Letters to H. F. de Paule d'Ormesson: 1754.: Fr.
- f. 7 Duperron, Directeur de la Monnoie de Paris: Certificate of the quality of the "ecu d'or" of 1582,: 1780.: Fr.
- f. 8 France; Sovereigns of, and Transactions in particular reigns. Republic: Decree of the National Assembly on copper and bronze coins: 1793.: Fr.
- f. 9 Tiolier, Contrôleur du Monnoyage a Paris: Receipt for copper: 1796.: Fr.
- f. 10 France; Sovereigns of, and Transactions in particular reigns. Republic: Act of the Prefect of the Seine relative to receipt of clipped coin: 1802.
- f. 23 Le Grand, Régisseur de l'Oclroi Municipale de Bienfaisance de Paris: Letter to M. Gavinet: 1804.: Fr.
- f. 23 Aigoix, Régisseur de l' Octroi Municipal de Bienfaisance de Paris: Letter to M. Gavinet: 1804.: Fr.
- f. 24 Antoine Mongez, Administrateur des Monnaies: Certificate of patterns of coins: 1805.: Fr.
- f. 24 Huguet, Administrateur des Monnaies: Certificate of patterns of coins: 1805.: Fr.
- ff. 25, 28 Honoré Riouffe, Baron; Préfet de la Meurtte: Remarks on French coinfage, with a letter to, from the Duc de Gaète: 1810.: Fr.
- f. 28 Martin Michel Charles Gaudin, Duc de Gaëte; French Minister of Finance: Letter to M. Riouffe: 1810.: Fr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002033782
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002033782
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1754
- End Date:
- 1810
- Date Range:
- 1754-1810
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Aigoix, Régisseur de l' Octroi Municipal de Bienfaisance de Paris
Bourgoin, Commis du Receveur à Bar-sur-Aube
Duperron, -, Directeur de la Monnaie de Paris, fl 1780
Gaudin, Martin-Michel-Charles, 1st Duc de Gaëte, statesman and politician, 1756-1841
Huguet, Administrateur des Monnaies
Le Grand, Régisseur de l'Oclroi Municipale de Bienfaisance de Paris
Mongez, Antoine, Administrateur des Monnaies
Paule d'Ormesson, Henri François, Intendant of Finance
Republic of France
Riouffe, Honoré, Baron, Préfet de la Meurtte
Tiolier, Contrôleur du Monnoyage a Paris