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 › Château-Regnault, Principality of • Livre (1545-1629)

12 Deniers = 4 Liards = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre • 1 Florin = 30 Sols = 60 Kreuzer • 1 Patagon = 48 Sols • 1 Ecu = 72 Sols

1 Florin d'Or - Francis and Louise Marguerite
ND (1605)

Gold (.986) • 3.5 g
KM# 18, Fr# 114, N# 360604
1 Florin d'Or - Francis and Louise Marguerite
ND (1605)

Gold (.986) • 3.5 g
KM# 20, Fr# 114, N# 360582
1 Patagon - Louise Marguerite
ND (1614)

Silver • 26.77 g
KM# 53, Dav ECT# 3826, N# 379535
1 Patagon - Louise Marguerite
1628

Silver • 25.21 g
KM# 64, Dav ECT# 3829, N# 379639
1 Ecu - Francis and Louise Marguerite
1614

Silver • 19.64 g
KM# 50, Dav ECT# 3824, N# 360544
1 Ecu - Francis and Louise Marguerite
ND (1614)

Silver • 25.06 g
KM# 51, Dav ECT# 3825, N# 379498
1 Ecu - Louise Marguerite
1617

Silver • 24.1 g
KM# 52, Dav ECT# A3828, N# 379552

France › French States › Châteaudun, Viscounty of • Livre

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Obol anonymous (crescents)
ND (1180-1200)

Billon • 0.52 g • ⌀ 13.5 mm
Boudeau# 240, PA# 1833, Dy féodales# 484, N# 335041
Obol - Raoul II of Clermont
ND (1264-1302)

Billon (.272 silver) • 0.54 g • ⌀ 15 mm
PA# 1879, Dy féodales# 514, N# 48852
Obol - William of Flandre
ND (1302-1317)

Billon • 0.54 g
PA# 1888, Dy féodales# 520, N# 390700
Denier anonymous (crosslets)
ND (1040-1080)

Billon • 1.21 g • ⌀ 20.5 mm
Dy féodales# 464-465, PA# 1825, N# 332643
Denier anonymous
ND (1130-1160)

Silver • 0.95 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Boudeau# 242, Dy féodales# 477A, N# 356473
Denier anonymous
ND (1160-1180)

Billon • 0.95 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
Dy féodales# 481, Boudeau# 245, PA# 1839, N# 332641
Denier anonymous (crescents)
ND (1180-1200)

Billon • 1.07 g • ⌀ 20.5 mm
Dy féodales# 483, PA# 1834, N# 332642
Denier - Geoffrey V
ND (1215-1233)

Billon • 0.69 g • ⌀ 18.7 mm
Dy féodales# 492, Boudeau# 250, PA# 1854, N# 332644
Denier - Geoffrey VI
ND (1233-1253)

Billon • 0.83 g • ⌀ 18.7 mm
Dy féodales# 504, N# 332645
Denier - Robert of Dreux
ND (1253-1264)

Billon • 0.88 g • ⌀ 17.6 mm
Dy féodales# 508 var., N# 332646
Denier - Simon of Dreux
ND (1264-1270)

Billon • 0.92 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Dy féodales# 512, Boudeau# 256 var., N# 332682

France › French States › Châteaumeillant, Lordship of • Unspecified currency

Obol anonymous
ND (1160-1218)

Silver • 0.61 g
Dy féodales# 741, N# 198234
Obol - Marguerite of Bomes
ND (1265-1281)

Billon • 0.99 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Dy féodales# 744, PA# 1897, N# 336204
Denier - Ebbo II
ND (1218-1256)

Billon • 0.90 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Dy féodales# 742, Boudeau# 327 var., PA# 2064 var., N# 336200

France › French States › Chiny, County of • Livre

1 Livre = 20 Sols = 240 Deniers = 480 Obols

Bourgeois - Louis VI
ND (1310-1336)

Billon • 0.91 g
N# 396838
Double parisis - Louis V
ND (1268-1299)

Billon • 0.64 g • ⌀ 18 mm
PA# 6107 var., Boudeau# 1858 var., N# 385144
Double parisis - Arnould III
ND (1299-1310)

Billon • 0.64 g • ⌀ 18 mm
PA# –, Boudeau# –, N# 385145
Baudekin - Louis V of Looz
ND (1268-1299)

Billon • 1.97 g • ⌀ 22.5 mm
N# 266998
⅓ Plaque - Godfrey
ND (1350-1362)

Billon • 0.96 g
N# 385077

France › French States › Clermont, Bishopric of • Livre

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Obol anonymous (Bust)
ND (1200-1300)

Billon • 0.44 g • ⌀ 15.5 mm
Boudeau# 380, PA# 2257, Dy féodales# 831, N# 335044
Denier anonymous (VRBS)
ND (1100-1200)

Billon • 1.17 g • ⌀ 20.5 mm
PA# 2241-2245, Dy féodales# 825-828, N# 176403
Available for swap Denier anonymous (Bust)
ND (1200-1300)

Billon • 1 g • ⌀ 19 mm
PA# 2251-2253, Dy féodales# 830, N# 50877

France › French States › Cluny, Abbey of • Unspecified currency

Denier anonymous
ND (1123-1250)

Billon • 1.06 g
PA# 5596, Boudeau# 1195, N# 198237

France › French States › Colmar, City of • Thaler

Pfennig "Vierzipfeliger Pfennig"
ND (1275)

Silver • 0.38 g
Wielandt Breis.# 35, Slg. Wüthr# 48, Slg. Voltz# 1, Slg. Ulmer# 222, N# 372966
Obol or Stebler
ND (1425-1490)

Silver • 0.24 g • ⌀ 13 mm
MB# 8, E&L# 38, Slg. Wüthr# 65d, N# 161087
Denier or Rappen
ND (1388-1400)

Silver • 0.17 g
Slg. Wüthr# 48, Fd.Seega# 61, N# 161102
Denier or Rappen
ND (1426-1490)

Silver • 0.36 g • ⌀ 15 mm
MB# 10, E&L# 38, Slg. Wüthr# 76, N# 161101
Denier or Rappen
ND (1500-1580)

Silver • 0.24 g • ⌀ 16 mm
MB# 23, E&L# 37, N# 161089
Vierer
ND (1530-1540)

Billon • 0.51 g • ⌀ 16 mm
MB# 42, E&L# 35, Boudeau# 1377, N# 161092
½ Batzen - Rudolf II (rounded shield)
ND (1576-1612)

Silver • 1.22 g • ⌀ 19 mm
KM# 8, E&L# 79, N# 85974
Double Vierer
ND (1500-1550)

Silver • 1.30 g • ⌀ 20 mm
MB# 31, E&L# 15, N# 161090
Double Vierer (GLOR IN EXC DEO)
ND (1550-1600)

Silver
MB# 52.1, E&L# 42, N# 161093
Triple Kreuzer - Rudolf II
ND (1576-1612)

Silver • 1.9 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 10, E&L# 74, N# 85377
Double Vierer (with shield)
ND (1600-1660)

Silver • 1.05 g • ⌀ 19.3 mm
KM# 4, E&L# 34, N# 161096
Plappart
ND (1480-1499)

Silver • 1.72 g
MB# 38.1, Schult# 638, N# 113828
Batzen
1532-1535

Silver • ⌀ 26 mm
MB# 40, E&L# 20, Schult# 642, N# 161091
Batzen
1666-1669

Silver • 2.70 g • ⌀ 27 mm
KM# 16, E&L# 88, N# 161097
Dicken
1499

Silver • 7.23 g
MB# 20, E&L# 2, N# 161088
½ Thaler
1542

Silver • 13.96 g
MB# 55, E&L# 25, N# 161094
Thaler
1542-1558

Silver
MB# 58.1, Dav ECT# 9112, N# 161095
Thaler - Ferdinand I
1565-1596

Silver • 23.21 g
MB# 79, Dav ECT# 19, N# 113830
Thaler (city shield)
ND (1620-1670)

Silver
KM# 21, Dav SG# 461, E&L# 85, N# 193970

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