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 › Colmar, City of • Thaler

Thaler (city shield)
ND (1620-1670)

Standard circulation coin
Silver
KM# 21, Dav SG# 461, E&L# 85, N# 193970
Thaler - Leopold I
1666

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 26.15 g
KM# 18, Dav ECT# 5131, E&L# 83, N# 161098
Thaler
ND (1667-1705)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 20.16 g • ⌀ 36 mm
KM# 22, E&L# 92, Dav ECT# 462, N# 161099
Double Thaler - Leopold I
1670

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 56.46 g • ⌀ 44 mm
KM# 23, Dav ECT# 5133, E&L# 84, N# 161100

France › French States › Corbie, Abbey of • Livre

1 Livre = 20 Sols = 240 Deniers = 480 Obols

Denier - Angilbert (In the name of Charles the Bald)
ND (859-890)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.39 g
Prou Car# 243b, N# 342828
Denier - Franco
ND (890-898)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.52 g • ⌀ 19.6 mm
Boudeau# 1907, N# 341390
Denier - Franco in the name of king Odo
ND (890-898)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.24 g
Prou Car# 244b, N# 341392
Denier - Evrard
ND (1083-1085)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.08 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Boudeau# 1908, SCMF# 4655, PA# 6554, N# 396976
Denier (In the name of Ansgar)
ND (1100-1200)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.97 g
PA# 6560, Boudeau# 1909 var., N# 215348
Denier - Hugh I
ND (1172-1185)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.82 g • ⌀ 17.4 mm
PA# 6564, N# 397017

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

Denier - Budic
ND (1008-1019)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.23 g • ⌀ 20.5 mm
Dy féodales# 366 bis, N# 198239

France › French States › Corsica • Lira (1736-1769)

240 Denari = 20 Soldi = 1 Lira

8 denari (baioccu) - Pascal Paoli
1762-1768

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.70 g • ⌀ 14 mm
C# 4, Gad# 4, N# 388753
1 soldo - Pascal Paoli
1768

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.13 g • ⌀ 16 mm
C# 5, Gad# 5, N# 120552
2 soldi (U ventinu) - Pascal Paoli
1762-1766

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.24 g • ⌀ 18 mm
C# 6, Gad# 6, N# 120549
2½ soldi - Théodore I
1736

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.65 g • ⌀ 20 mm
C# 1, Gad# 1, N# 120550
4 soldi (U quatrino) - Pascal Paoli
1762-1767

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 2.27 g • ⌀ 21 mm
C# 7, Gad# 7, N# 16204
5 soldi - Théodore I
1736

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.35 g • ⌀ 24 mm
C# 2, Gad# 2 et 2a, N# 120551
10 soldi (U decimu) - Pascal Paoli
1762-1764

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.15 g • ⌀ 21 mm
C# 8, Gad# 8, N# 388893
20 soldi (U duppione) - Pascal Paoli
1762-1768

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.48 g • ⌀ 24.5 mm
C# 9, Gad# 9, N# 120553
Demi-écu (mezzo scudo) - Théodore I
1736

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 12 g • ⌀ 33 mm
C# 3, Gad# 3, N# 389275

France › French States › Coucy, Lordship of • Livre

1 Livre = 20 Sols = 240 Deniers = 480 Obols

Denier - Ralph II
ND (1242-1250)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.82 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Boudeau# 1912, PA# 6550, N# 215349

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

Baudekin - John of Flanders
ND (1310-1312)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.95 g
PA# 6924, N# 198264

France › French States › Déols, Lordship of

Obol - Ralph V
ND (1099-1141)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.52 g
Dy féodales# 676, N# 380518
Denier - Odo I
ND (1012-1044)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.14 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Boudeau# 269, PA# 1925, Dy féodales# 666, N# 378812
Denier - Odo I
ND (1012-1044)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.12 g • ⌀ 20 mm
PA# 1931, Boudeau# 272, SCMF# 4402, Dy féodales# 669, N# 356201
Denier - Ebbes II
ND (1141-1160)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.11 g
Dy féodales# 678, N# 380516
Denier - Ralph VI
ND (1160-1176)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.90 g • ⌀ 18 mm
PA# 1946, Dy féodales# 679, N# 6719
Denier - Philip II Augustus as Regent
ND (1206-1207)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.09 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Boudeau# 279, Dy royales# 178, Dy féodales# 682, N# 335102
Denier - William I of Chauvigny (lily)
ND (1207-1233)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.88 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Boudeau# 281, PA# 1963, Dy féodales# 683, N# 335105
Denier - William I of Chauvigny (Crescent)
ND (1207-1233)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.87 g • ⌀ 19 mm
PA# 1959, Boudeau# 280, Dy féodales# 685, N# 234383
Denier - William II
ND (1234-1270)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.84 g
Dy féodales# 688, PA# 1967, N# 380506
Denier - William III of Chauvigny
ND (1270-1322)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.81 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Boudeau# 287, PA# 1969, Dy féodales# 695, N# 364779

France › French States › Dombes, Principality of • Livre

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Obol - John II of Bourbon
ND (1470-1488)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.67 g • ⌀ 14.5 mm
Divo Dombe# 11, Boudeau# 1051, Dy féodales# 2916, N# 168269
Denier Tournois - Louis II (1st type)
1576-1577

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 714, Divo Dombe# 57 ; 59, Dy féodales# 2943-2944, N# 54245
Denier Tournois - Louis II (1st type; Silver pattern strike)
1576-1577

Pattern
Silver • 1.24 g
Divo Dombe# 58, N# 219803
Denier Tournois - Louis II (2nd type)
1581-1582

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 718, Divo Dombe# 61-62, Dy féodales# 2945, PA# CXV, 13-14, N# 54249
Denier Tournois - Francis II
1585

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 722, Divo Dombe# 83, PA# 5138, Dy féodales# 2953, N# 54313
Denier Tournois - Mary
1620-1624

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 730, Divo Dombe# 160-161, Dy féodales# 2972, N# 54321
Denier Tournois - Gaston d'Orléans (6th type)
1644

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 754, N# 56226
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Gaston d'Orléans (7th type)
1649

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 756, Boudeau# 1088 var, PA# 5207, N# 56227
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Gaston d'Orléans (8th type)
1649

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 758, N# 56228
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Gaston d'Orléans (9th type)
1649-1650

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 760b, PA# 5210 var. (118/2), Boudeau# 1089, N# 56232
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Gaston d'Orléans (9th type)
1649-1651

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 760a, Boudeau# 1089, PA# 5210. (118/2), N# 56230
Denier Tournois - Gaston d'Orléans (11th type)
1650

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 764, Boudeau# 1089, PA# 5210 var., N# 56234
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Gaston d'Orléans (10th type)
1650-1651

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 762, Boudeau# 1090, PA# 5214 (118/3), Divo Dombe# 214, N# 56233
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Gaston d'Orléans (12th type)
1651-1652

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 766, Boudeau# 1090, PA# 5214 (118/3), Divo Dombe# 214, N# 56235
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Gaston d'Orléans (13th type)
1652-1654

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 768, PA# 5214 (118/3), Boudeau# 1090, N# 56236
Double Tournois - John II of Bourbon
ND (1470-1488)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.31 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Divo Dombe# 10, Boudeau# 1050, Dy féodales# 2914, N# 170545
Double Tournois - Peter II of Bourbon
ND (1488-1503)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.1 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Divo Dombe# 23, PA# 5095, Dy féodales# 2923, N# 139456
Double Tournois - Louis II (1st type)
1576

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 712, Divo Dombe# 53, Dy féodales# 2941, PA# CXV, 15, N# 54243

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