Coins from the Lordship of Béarn

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.

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Livre

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Vaquette - Gaston X of Grailly
ND (1436-1472)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.62 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Dy féodales# 1258-1261, N# 188104
Vaquette - Francis Phoebus
ND (1479-1483)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.80 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Dy féodales# 1271 var., Schlum Bearn# 30 var., N# 184176
Vaquette - Henry II
ND (1572-1589)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.47 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Dy féodales# 1337, N# 357556
Available for swap Obol immobilized in the name of Centule
ND (1080-1250)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.39 g • ⌀ 15 mm
PA# 3235-3236, Boudeau# 526, Dy féodales# 1242, PA# 3235 (69/10), N# 108038
Available for swap Denier immobilized in the name of Centule
ND (1080-1250)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1 g • ⌀ 18 mm
PA# 3233-3234, Boudeau# 525, Dy féodales# 1241, N# 7911
Denier - John I of Grailly
ND (1412-1436)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.67 g • ⌀ 17 mm
PA# 3242, Dy féodales# 1246, N# 183651
Denier "Vaquette" - Henry I of Albret
ND (1516-1541)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.6 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Boudeau# 552, PA# 3325, Dy féodales# 1289, N# 361994
Liard with H - Henry I of Albret
ND (1517-1541)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.55 g • ⌀ 17.29 mm
PA# 3412, Dy féodales# 1290, N# 59558
Available for swap Liard with crosslet - Henry I of Albret
ND (1541-1555)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.77 g • ⌀ 17 mm
PA# 3411, Dy féodales# 1291, N# 44890
Liard - Anthony of Bourbon and Joan of Albret
ND (1555-1562)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.84 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Boudeau# 593, PA# 3432, Dy féodales# 1299, N# 128113
Liard with crosslet - Anthony of Bourbon and Joan of Albret
ND (1555-1562)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.06 g • ⌀ 16.5 mm
PA# 3431, Boudeau# 592, Dy féodales# 1298, N# 104643
Blanc - Henry I of Albret
ND (1517-1555)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2 g • ⌀ 21 mm
PA# 3318, Dy féodales# 1283, N# 61601
Douzain with crosslet - Henri I of Albret
ND (1517-1555)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 2.35 g • ⌀ 25 mm
PA# 3408-3409, Dy féodales# 1286, Boudeau# 583, SCMF# 6282, Schlum Bearn# 44, N# 184433
Teston - Joan of Albret
1564-1570

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 9.34 g • ⌀ 29 mm
PA# 3449, Dy féodales# 1305, N# 184004
Teston - Henry II
1574-1576

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 9.54 g • ⌀ 30 mm
PA# 3472, Dy féodales# 1318, N# 63030
Teston - Henry II and Marguerite of Valois
1577

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.917) • 9.3 g • ⌀ 28.5 mm
PA# 3474, Dy féodales# 1315, N# 76029
Teston - Henri II and Marguerite of Valois (4 Arms shield)
1577

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.917) • 8.85 g • ⌀ 29 mm
PA# 3476, Dy féodales# 1317, N# 74113
¼ Ecu - Henry II
1584-1588

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 9.53 g • ⌀ 29.5 mm
PA# 3501, Dy féodales# 1325, N# 288131
¼ Ecu - Henry III of Navarre
1586-1589

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 9.56 g • ⌀ 29.5 mm
Dy féodales# 1327, Boudeau# 607, PA# 3500, Schlum Bearn# 98, N# 405840
Franc with four H - Henry II (2nd type)
1583-1584

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 12.6 g • ⌀ 34 mm
PA# 3484, Dy féodales# 1323, N# 56736
Franc with four H - Henry II (1st type)
1579-1582

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 13.57 g • ⌀ 35.5 mm
PA# 3484, Dy féodales# 1321, N# 58873
Gold Florin - Gaston Phoebus
ND (1343-1391)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.5 g
Dy féodales# 1245, Fr# 66b, N# 367173
Gold Florin - Gaston Phoebus
ND (1369-1391)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.43 g
Dy féodales# 1243-1244, Fr# 66b, PA# LXIX/14, N# 361259
Grand Gold Ecu with knight - Gaston X of Grailly
ND (1436-1472)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 18.8 g
Dy féodales# –, N# 367135
Gold Ecu with knight - Gaston X of Grailly
ND (1436-1472)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.41 g
Dy féodales# 1248, Fr# 67, PA# LXIX/13, N# 361417
Gold Ecu - Francis Phoebus
ND (1479-1483)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.38 g
Dy féodales# –, Fr# –, N# 367104
Gold Ecu - Francis Phoebus
ND (1479-1483)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.34 g
Dy féodales# 1262, Fr# 69, PA# LXX/4, N# 361133
½ Gold Ecu - Francis Phoebus
ND (1479-1483)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 1.62 g
Dy féodales# 1263, Fr# 70, PA# CXII/3, N# 367102
Blanc - Francis Phoebus
ND (1479-1483)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.6 g • ⌀ 25 mm
PA# 3280, Dy féodales# 1267, N# 188111
Gold Ecu - Catherine of Navarre
ND (1483-1484)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.25 g
Dy féodales# 1272, Fr# 71, PA# LXX/11, N# 367073
Blanc - Catherine of Navarre
ND (1483-1484)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.6 g • ⌀ 24 mm
PA# 3299, Dy féodales# 1273, N# 109925
Vaquette - Catherine of Navarre
ND (1483-1484)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.66 g • ⌀ 15 mm
PA# 3315, Dy féodales# 1277, N# 108826
Gold Ecu - Henry I of Albret
ND (1517-1541)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.3 g • ⌀ 25.5 mm
Dy féodales# 1281, Fr# 182, PA# 3406, N# 361451
Teston Henri III de Navarre, II de Béarn
1573-1576

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 9.26 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Dy féodales# 1313, PA# 3471, Boudeau# 604, N# 364509
2 Ducats - Henry II and Margaret of Valois
1577

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 6.86 g • ⌀ 31 mm
PA# 3463, Dy féodales# 1308, Fr# 185, N# 361156
2 Gold Ducats - Henry II and Margaret of Valois
1577

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 6.96 g
PA# LXXV/9, Dy féodales# 1309-1310 var., Fr# 185, N# 361428

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