USA - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA America-Canada (French colonies), Louis XV (1715-1774). Token from Mathurin Bellabre, Mayor of Nantes, to the Amerindians by Duvivier 1748, Paris. Av. PROTEGIT ET FASCIT. Arms of Mathurin Bellabre, Mayor of Nantes, crowned and supported by two Amerindians, signature D.V; in exergue (date). Rv. + DE LA MAIRIE DE M. BELLABRE PRt ET SENl DU PRl DE NANTES. Arms of the city of Nantes crowned and surrounded by knotted ropes. Lec.112a - Betts 384 ; Silver - 7,04 g - 28 mm - 6 h Top Pop: this is the only graded example! NGC AT 53 (8583606-018). With a nice old grey patina and only slight wear on the reliefs. Very nice. This token is part of the series of the Mayors of Nantes. Mathurin Bellabre, sieur du Tellement, was an alderman of Nantes in 1714, King's Councillor in 1730, seneschal, president of the presidial court of Nantes, colonel of the bourgeois militia and the eightieth mayor of Nantes from 1748 to 1754. His arms bear Or, a palm tree Vert on a terrace Vert. In the 18th century, Nantes was at the centre of triangular trade.