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French Silver 1669

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What is it? and what grade and approximate value? common coin or what have you, thanks for any info...

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Not 100%, but looks like a Louis VIII token. Recently, one opened with an 80. bid. (not ebay)
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Obverse "Louis XIIII by the grace of G-d, King of France and Navarre"

Reverse "Not for self, but for the globe" (literal translation, probably meant 'world')
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Is it a coin or token, I can't find any info on it online....
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I think it's a jeton.

I can find a reference to a Louis XV jeton dated 1751 bearing that inscription for the reverse, but nothing for Louis XIV. 1669 is the year that Louis renewed the alliance with the Turkish Empire, so I wonder if there's some sort of tie-in there.
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is this something worth keeping, or just a oddity most don't collect?
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