BOUILLON Duchy - PHILIPPE D'AUVERGNE 1754 - 1816 - Lot 273

BOUILLON Duchy - PHILIPPE D'AUVERGNE 1754 - 1816 PHILIPPE D'AUVERGNE His bust to the left dressed as an admiral of the English fleet. Underneath, CH. WERDUN. F. R/. DUC - SOUVERAIN DE BOUILLON. Crowned shield between two branches of laurel. Below, vintage between a lily lily and workshop letter A. Edge inscribed, DOMINE SALVVM FAC DVCEM. ♦ Mazard 750; Julius 3513 5 Francs argent 1815 Bruxelles. (25,60 g) Later strike. Browned blank. Corner flower. Minted in Brussels in 1870. Philippe de la Tour d'Auvergne was born in 1754 and died on September 18, 1816 in Westminster (London). He was a British naval officer, explorer, scientist and territorial administrator. He was adopted by Godefroy Charles Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (1728-1792) as successor to the Duchy of Bouillon, but this state - situated on the northeastern border of France - was abolished by the Congress of Vienna in June 1815. Around 1870, to feed the bulimia of amateur collectors, a certain J. Brichaut invented 5-F coins inspired by the coins of Louis XVIII and based on the 5-Franc module. These fantasies were manufactured by Menning frères in Brussels. They bear the signature of Henri Charles Würden, a Belgian engraver born on December 13, 1849 and died in 1903.