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 › Aquitaine, Duchy of • Livre

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Gold Chair - Edward of Woodstok
ND (1362-1372)

Gold • 3.45 g
Dy féodales# 1119, Sp# 8127, PA# LXIV/11, Elias coll# 241, Boudeau# 506, Elias# 143-147, N# 355690
Gold Noble - Edward of Woodstock (1st issue: heavy type)
ND (1362-1372)

Gold • 5.39 g • ⌀ 32 mm
Dy féodales# 1120, Sp# 8123, PA# LXIV/14, N# 343245
Gold Noble - Edward of Woodstock (2nd issue: light type)
ND (1362-1372)

Gold • 4.78 g • ⌀ 31 mm
Dy féodales# 1120A, Sp# 8125, N# 343244
Gold Leopard - Edward of Woodstock
ND (1362-1372)

Gold • 3.5 g • ⌀ 29 mm
Fr# 11, PA# 3070, Dy féodales# 1116, N# 129604
Gold Guyennois - Edward of Woodstock
ND (1362-1372)

Gold • 3.68 g
Sp# 8122, Elias coll# 141, Dy féodales# 1117, PA# LXIV/9, N# 355637
Gold Guyennois - Edward III (3rd type)
ND (1363-1377)

Gold • 3.86 g • ⌀ 29 mm
Sp# 8045, Dy féodales# 1054, Elias# 45-50, PA# LXI/4, Elias coll# 72, N# 355626
Gold Hardi - Edward of Woodstok
ND (1368-1372)

Gold • 3.95 g • ⌀ 26.5 mm
Dy féodales# 1122, Sp# 8128, Fr# 10, PA# LXIV/13, N# 355426
Gold Hardi - Richard II
ND (1377-1399)

Gold • 3.74 g
Dy féodales# 1133, Fr# 12, Sp# 8140, Elias# 223-224, Elias coll# 336, PA# 2840, N# 355806
Gold Ecu with Knight - Charles of France
ND (1469-1472)

Gold • 3.43 g
Dy féodales# 1148, Fr# 19, PA# XLVII/4, N# 355422
Gold Hardi - Charles of France
ND (1469-1472)

Gold • 3.37 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Dy féodales# 1149, Fr# 20, PA# LXVII/5, N# 355192
Gold Fort - Charles of France
ND (1469-1472)

Gold • 7.86 g • ⌀ 35 mm
Dy féodales# 1147, Fr# 22, PA# LXVII/8, N# 390393

France › French States › Arches-Charleville, Principality of • Livre

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

Denier Tournois - Charles I (1st type)
1608-1610

Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 590, N# 54114
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Charles II (2nd type)
1651-1652

Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 636, N# 54147
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Charles II (3rd type)
1651-1654

Copper • 1.54 g • ⌀ 16.3 mm
CGKL# 638, PA# 6193 var, Boudeau# cf 1816, N# 54149
Double Tournois - Charles I (3rd type)
1608-1613

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 588, N# 54104
Double Tournois - Charles I (4th type)
1634

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 592, N# 54115
Double Tournois - Charles I (6th type)
1634

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 596, N# 54117
Double Tournois - Charles I (7th type)
1634

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 598, N# 54118
Double Tournois - Charles I (7th type)
1634

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 600, N# 54119
Double Tournois - Charles I (10th type)
1634

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 606, N# 54121
Double Tournois - Charles I (11th type)
1634

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 608, N# 54125
Double Tournois - Charles I (12th type)
1634

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 610, N# 54126
Double Tournois - Charles I (13th type)
1635

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 612, N# 54129
Available for swap Double Tournois - Charles I (14th type)
1635

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 614, N# 54134
Double Tournois - Charles I (15th type)
1635-1636

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 616, N# 54135
Double Tournois - Charles I (20th type)
1635-1637

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 626, N# 54142
Double Tournois - Charles I (16th type)
1636

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 618, N# 54136
Available for swap Double Tournois - Charles I (17th type)
1636

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 620, N# 54137
Double Tournois - Charles I (18th type)
1636

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 622, N# 54138
Double Tournois - Charles I (19th type)
1636-1638

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 624, N# 54141
Available for swap Double Tournois - Charles II (22nd type)
1637-1640

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 630, N# 54144
Double Tournois - Charles II (21st type)
1638-1642

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 628, N# 54143
Double Tournois - Charles II (24th type)
1639-1643

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 634, N# 54146
Available for swap Double Tournois - Charles II (23rd type)
1642-1643

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 632, N# 54145
Available for swap Liard - Charles I (narrow bust)
1608-1614

Bronze • 3.30 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Boudeau# 1806, PA# 6148, N# 151838
Available for swap Liard - Charles I (large bust)
1608-1614

Copper • 4.4 g • ⌀ 24.5 mm
Boudeau# cf. 1806, PA# cf. 6148, N# 151839
Available for swap Liard - Charles II
1655-1656

Copper • 3.62 g • ⌀ 22 mm
PA# 6197, Boudeau# 1814, N# 49419
Gold Florin - Charles I
1608

Gold (.986) • 3.5 g
KM# 43, Fr# 229, N# 370644
Ecu - Charles I
1611

Silver • 20.07 g
KM# 25, Dav ECT# 3832A, PA# 6126, N# 360228
Ecu - Charles I
1611

Silver • 29.03 g
KM# 29, Dav ECT# 3835, N# 379665
Ecu - Charles I
1613

Silver • 19.78 g • ⌀ 39.7 mm
KM# 26, Dav ECT# 3833, N# 360298
Available for swap Ecu - Charles I
1614

Silver • 17.56 g • ⌀ 40 mm
KM# 27, Dav ECT# 3833A, N# 360317
Ecu - Charles I
1614

Silver • 30.35 g
KM# 30, Dav ECT# 3836, N# 379676
Ecu - Charles I
ND (1628)

Silver
KM# 31, Dav ECT# 3837, N# 360343
Ecu - Charles I
ND (1628)

Silver • 24.15 g
KM# 33, Dav ECT# 3839, N# 379692
Ecu - Charles I
ND (1628)

Silver • 24.24 g • ⌀ 41.5 mm
KM# 34, Dav ECT# 3840, N# 360348
Patagon - Charles I
1627

Silver • 26.67 g
N# 379897
Patagon - Charles II
ND (1637-1665)

Silver • 27.8 g
KM# 60, Dav ECT# 3841, N# 379831
Gold Ecu - Charles I
1608

Gold (.952) • 3.36 g
KM# 38, Fr# 225, N# 370708

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

Denier - John I
ND (1291-1315)

Silver • 0.89 g
N# 390456

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