When French was the european language of the nobility

in history •  7 years ago 

Here is an intresting token of the nobility

On the obverse : the arms of Bielke (swedich nobility)
On the reverse : in french it s said tha she married the barony of Sack (prussian nobility)

During the XVIIIth century, through all europe the french was used, we can find tokens in french in the russian, polish, german, english numismatic.

Jeton de la noblesse suedo-prussienne.
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Qwerky and interesting.