Coins from French States

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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France › French States › Aire-sur-la-Lys, City under siege of

10 Sols (Siege of Aire)
1641

Silver • 4.68 g • 29 mm
Boudeau# 1992, KM# 13, N# 146689
25 Sols (Siege of Aire)
1710

Silver • 7.31 g • 32.5 mm
Boudeau# 1995, N# 33785
50 Sols (Siege of Aire)
1710

Silver • 15.7 g • 31 mm
Boudeau# 1994, N# 146386
20 Sols (Siege of Aire)
1641

Silver • 9.38 g • 30 mm
KM# 14, N# 391425
1 Pistole (Siege of Aire)
1641

Gold • 12.52 g
N# 369386

France › French States › Albi, Viscounty of • Denier

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Denier in the degenerate name of Raymond
ND (1050-1074)

Silver • 1.25 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Boudeau# 772, PA# 3889, Dy féodales# 1177, N# 170232
Available for swap Denier in the very degenerate name of Raymond
ND (1150-1250)

Silver • 1.05 g • ⌀ 19 mm
PA# 3898, Boudeau# 774, Dy féodales# 1180 var., N# 45556
Denier in the name of Raymond, under Alphonse of Poitiers
ND (1249-1271)

Billon • 0.77 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Boudeau# 775, PA# 3901, Dy féodales# 1182, N# 334590

France › French States › Amiens, County of • Unspecified currency

Denier anonymous (RIX)
ND (1100-1200)

Billon • 0.94 g • ⌀ 18 mm
PA# 6400, N# 350429
Denier anonymous (PAX)
ND (1150-1180)

Silver • 1.12 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
Boudeau# 1914, PA# 6402 var., N# 333035

The Numista referee for coins of this issuer is Compendium.

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