Coins from the County of Anjou

Due to the erosion of royal power in the 10th century, some mints were taken over by local lords, secular or ecclesiastical. When Hugh Capet arrived on the throne, he mastered the minting only on the royal domain, around Paris and Orleans. Elsewhere, the right of minting is possessed by various political powers: at the level of the duchy, for example in Normandy, or at the level of local lords, such as the lords of Bourbon in Auvergne. The monetary types are nevertheless stable: the lords do not dare to change an existing type in order to preserve trust. The royal monograms in particular (that of Charles the Bald or Louis IV Transmarinus) are still minted until the end of the 12th century. But with the multiplication of these immobilized types, it happens that the engravers lose the understanding and we observe progressive degenerations of the types and legends. For two centuries, the successors of Hugh Capet enlarged the royal domain and gradually imposed the pre-eminence of royal coinage. During the 13th century, the kings of France, in particular Saint Louis and Philip the Fair, legislated to limit the circulation of feudal coins that gradually disappeared until the first half of the 14th century. The end of the Hundred Years’ War made it possible to establish a stable royal coinage and the policy of Louis XI established even more clearly the monetary hold of the king over the whole kingdom. After the introduction at the end of the 15th century of precious metals from America and the Italian art of the medal, only a few large families and exceptional enclaves within the kingdom still benefit from their own mint. The king became the undisputed master of money.
Wikidata: Q107426

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Fulk III (987-1040)

Denier - Fulk III
ND (987-1040)

Standard circulation coin
Billon
Dy féodales# 367, N# 331904

Geoffrey II (1040-1060)

Denier - Geoffrey II / Geoffrey III
ND (1040-1069)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.958) • 1.18 g • ⌀ 21 mm
PA# 1467, Boudeau# 149, Dy féodales# 369, N# 13421

Fulk IV (1069-1109)

Denier - Immobilization of Geoffrey II under Fulk IV or Fulk V
ND (1069-1120)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.03 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
PA# 1483, Dy féodales# 373, N# 314256

Fulk V (1109-1129)

Available for swap Denier - Fulk V / Geoffrey VI
ND (1109-1199)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.09 g • ⌀ 19 mm
PA# 1509, Dy féodales# 375, Boudeau# 153, N# 36750

Henry II (1151-1189)

Denier - Immobilization of Fulk V under the Plantegenets
ND (1151-1204)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.98 g • ⌀ 17 mm
PA# 1494, Dy féodales# 378, N# 314257

Charles I (1246-1285)

Obol - Charles I
ND (1246-1266)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.46 g • ⌀ 14 mm
Dy féodales# 381, Boudeau# 157, N# 331959
Denier - Charles I
ND (1246-1266)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.09 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
Boudeau# 156, PA# 1517, Dy féodales# 380, N# 335003
Denier with keys - Charles I
ND (1266-1285)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.82 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
Dy féodales# 384, N# 331950

Charles II the Lame (1285-1290)

Obol - Charles II
ND (1285-1290)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.46 g
Dy féodales# cf. 386, N# 331956

Charles III (1290-1325)

Obol - Charles III
ND (1290-1325)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.48 g • ⌀ 15 mm
PA# 1536, Boudeau# 166, Dy féodales# 391, N# 359897

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