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 › Lyon, City under siege of

3 Sols
ND (1793)

Copper • 11.38 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Maz# 387, Ciani# 412, VG# 434, Hennin# 531, N# 390704

France › French States › Lyon, County of

Denier - William II
ND (918-927)

Billon • 1.39 g • ⌀ 21.3 mm
Dy féodales# 2523, Boudeau# 1120 var., N# 333197
Denier - Hugh the Black
ND (932-952)

Billon • 1.16 g • ⌀ 21.8 mm
Dy féodales# 2524, Boudeau# 1121 var., N# 333220

France › French States › Mâcon, County of

Denier - Otto William
ND (986-1026)

Billon • 1.11 g
PA# 5569, N# 382610
Denier - Otto William and king Robert II
ND (996-1002)

Silver • 1.13 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Dy royales# 12, Ciani# 23, LP# 20, N# 353826

France › French States › Maine, County of • Denier

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Available for swap Denier - Immobilization of Herbert I
ND (1015-1266)

Billon • 1.28 g • ⌀ 20 mm
PA# 1546, Dy féodales# 398, N# 48856
Denier - Charles I / Charles II
ND (1266-1290)

Billon • 0.92 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Dy féodales# 402, Boudeau# 174, N# 332484
Denier - Charles III
ND (1290-1317)

Billon • 0.96 g • ⌀ 20.8 mm
Dy féodales# 405, Boudeau# 179, N# 332482

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

Denier - Savary
ND (1199-1236)

Silver • 0.87 g
Dy féodales# 941, PA# LV, 20, N# 198226

France › French States › Meaux, Bishopric of • Livre

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Obol - Gauthier I
ND (1045-1082)

Billon • 0.47 g • ⌀ 15 mm
PA# 6008, N# 105767
Obol - Bouchard
ND (1120-1134)

Billon • 0.34 g • ⌀ 15 mm
PA# 6016, N# 105765
Denier - Gauthier I
ND (1045-1082)

Billon • 1.09 g • ⌀ 20 mm
PA# 6009, N# 105764
Denier - Bouchard
ND (1120-1134)

Billon • 0.96 g • ⌀ 19 mm
PA# 6015, N# 105766
Denier - Raynald
ND (1158-1161)

Billon • 1.09 g • ⌀ 19 mm
PA# 6022, N# 381950
Denier - Stephen
ND (1161-1171)

Silver • 0.89 g • ⌀ 20 mm
PA# 6027, N# 63363
Denier - Peter I
ND (1172-1174)

Billon • 0.84 g • ⌀ 19 mm
PA# 6033, Boudeau# 1780, N# 105763

France › French States › Mehun-sur-Yèvre, Lordship of • Unspecified currency

Denier - Henry of Sully
ND (1252-1262)

Billon
Dy féodales# 618, N# 332693
Denier - Robert III
ND (1298-1315)

Billon • 0.70 g
PA# 2021, Dy féodales# 619, N# 198236

France › French States › Melgueil, County of • Livre

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Available for swap Obol anonymous
ND (1100-1250)

Billon • 0.5 g • ⌀ 15 mm
PA# 3844, Boudeau# 754, Dy féodales# 1579, N# 136552
Available for swap Denier
ND (1101-1200)

Billon • 1.02 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Dy féodales# 1578, PA# 3842, PA# 3843, Boudeau# 753, N# 215133

France › French States › Mende, Bishopric of • Unspecified currency

Obol anonymous
ND (1150-1300)

Billon • 0.41 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Dy féodales# 1575 var., PA# 3872, N# 215135

France › French States › Metz, Bishopric of • Thaler (1500-)

3 Deniers = 1 Liard • 12 Deniers = 3 Bugnes = 1 Groschen • 24 Groschen = 1 Thaler

½ Bugne - Robert of Lenoncourt (Arms under hat)
1551

Billon • 0.5 g
Flon# p.760, 10, N# 334298
Available for swap ½ Bugne - Robert of Lenoncourt (Shield)
ND (1551-1555)

Billon • 0.47 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Boudeau# 1651, Flon# p.764, 25, N# 59754
Bugne - Robert of Lenoncourt (Arms under hat)
ND (1551-1552)

Billon • 0.7 g
Flon# p.760, 7, N# 334319
Bugne - Robert of Lenoncourt (4-star issue)
ND (1551-1555)

Silver • 0.87 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Boudeau# 1651, Flon# 30, N# 32099
1 Bugne - Henry
ND (1612-1652)

Silver • 1.06 g
Flon# 3, N# 382936
1 Gros - Henry
1624

Silver • 9.4 g
N# 383459
Thaler - Robert of Lenoncourt
1551

Silver • 28.5 g
Flon# p.758, 2, MB# 75, Dav CCT# 9559, N# 334329
Thaler - Charles of Lorraine as cardinal of Lorraine
1557-1559

Silver • 28.65 g
Flon# 2, Dav EC I# 9560, MB# 90, Dav EC I# 9560A, MB# 94, N# 334359
Gold Guilder - Robert of Lenoncourt
ND (1551-1553)

Gold • 3.06 g
MB# 79, Fr# 165c, N# 370095
Gold Guilder - Robert of Lenoncourt
ND (1552-1554)

Gold • 3.16 g
Flon# 14, p. 762, Fr# 165b, N# 333921

France › French States › Metz, Bishopric of • Denier (929-1505)

2 Obols = 1 Denier • 12 Deniers = 1 Solidus • 20 Solidi = 1 Carolingian Pound

¼ Denier "Angevine" - Rudolph of Coucy
ND (1388-1415)

Billon • 0.4 g
Flon# p. 513, 9, N# 365017
Obol - Theoderic II
ND (1005-1014)

Silver • 0.7 g • ⌀ 16 mm
Flon# p.177, 3, N# 333834
Denier - Theoderic I with emperor Otto I or Otto II
ND (964-984)

Silver • 1.3 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Flon# p.173, 1, Boudeau# 1608, Dann Sa# 13, Kluge Kar# 331, N# 354005
Denier - Adalbéron II
ND (984-1005)

Silver
Kluge Kar# 332, N# 372967
Denier - Adelbero II under Otto III
ND (996-1002)

Silver • 1.2 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Flon# p.174, 1-4, Dann Aac# 1404, N# 333892
Denier - Theoderic II (Temple)
ND (1005-1014)

Silver • 1.3 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Flon# p.178, 6, Boudeau# 1611, N# 333835
Denier - Theoderic II (Temple; Epinal)
ND (1005-1046)

Silver • 1.1 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Dann Sa# 28, N# 334219
Denier - Theoderic II (Epinal)
ND (1005-1046)

Silver • 1.2 g
Flon# p.182, 33, Dann Sa# 27, Kluge Kar# 338, N# 334218
Denier - Thierry II (Metz)
ND (1005-1046)

Silver
Kluge Kar# 333, N# 372983
Denier - Theoderic II (Bust)
ND (1005-1047)

Silver • 1.2 g
Flon# p.179, 11, N# 333833
Denier - Adalbero III (Metz)
ND (1047-1072)

Silver • 1.1 g • ⌀ 16 mm
Flon# p.184, 8, Boudeau# 1613, Dann Aac# 35, Kluge Kar# 334, N# 333823
Denier - Adalbero III (Epinal)
ND (1047-1072)

Silver • 1.1 g
Flon# p.185, 10, Dann Aac# 40, N# 333824
Denier - Hermann
ND (1073-1090)

Silver
Kluge Kar# 335, N# 373006
Denier - Poppon
ND (1090-1103)

Silver
Kluge Kar# 336, N# 373008
Denier anonyme (Rimlingen)
ND (1090-1115)

Silver
Kluge Kar# 342, N# 373014
Denier - Adalbero IV
ND (1104-1115)

Silver • 0.7 g • ⌀ 16 mm
Boudeau# 1617, Flon# 12-13, Kluge Kar# 337, N# 83058
Denier anonyme (Marsal)
ND (1104-1115)

Silver
Kluge Kar# 339, N# 373010
Denier anonyme (Sarrebourg)
ND (1104-1115)

Silver
Kluge Kar# 340, N# 373011
Denier anonyme (Bockenheim)
ND (1104-1115)

Silver
Kluge Kar# 341, N# 373012

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