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

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

Denier - Stephen of Bar
ND (1120-1160)

Silver • 0.6 g • ⌀ 16 mm
Boudeau# 1618, Flon# 25, N# 86929
Denier - Theoderic III of Bar
ND (1163-1171)

Silver • 0.76 g
Flon# p. 208, 2, N# 337794
Denier - Theoderic III of Bar
ND (1163-1171)

Silver • 0.9 g
Flon# p.208, 3, N# 334037
Denier - Frederick of Pluvoise
ND (1171-1173)

Billon • 0.75 g • ⌀ 16 mm
Flon# p.208, 1, Boudeau# 1623, N# 334370
Denier - Theoderic IV of Lorraine
ND (1173-1179)

Silver • 0.75 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Flon# p.209, 1, Boudeau# 1624, N# 334038
Available for swap Denier - Bertram
ND (1180-1210)

Silver • 0.7 g • ⌀ 16 mm
Boudeau# 1625, Flon# 1-10, N# 78921
Denier - Conrad I
ND (1212-1224)

Silver • 0.8 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Flon# p.211, 1, Boudeau# 1627, N# 334043
Denier - John I of Apremont (1st type with joint hands and blessing hand)
ND (1224-1238)

Silver • 0.8 g • ⌀ 15.5 mm
Boudeau# 1628, Flon# 1-3, N# 78997
Available for swap Denier - John I of Apremont (2nd type with crozier, small cross)
ND (1224-1238)

Silver • 0.7 g • ⌀ 15.5 mm
Boudeau# 1628, Flon# 4-6, N# 35620
Available for swap Denier - James of Lorraine
ND (1240-1260)

Silver • 0.74 g • ⌀ 15.08 mm
Boudeau# 1629, Flon# 1-9, N# 83870
Denier anonymous
ND (1260-1296)

Silver • 0.5 g
Flon# p.220, 3-4, N# 334197
Denier - Burchard of Avesnes (Marsal)
ND (1282-1296)

Silver • 0.7 g
Flon# p.224, 2, N# 334039
Denier - Gerard
ND (1297-1302)

Silver • 0.53 g
Flon# 5 p. 225, N# 383097
Denier - Reynold of Bar
ND (1308-1315)

Silver • 0.5 g • ⌀ 14 mm
Boudeau# 1637, N# 334205
Denier - Adhemar of Monteil (Metz)
ND (1327-1361)

Silver • 0.7 g • ⌀ 16 mm
Boudeau# 1638, Flon# 20-22, N# 83084
Denier - Adhemar of Monteil (Marsal)
ND (1327-1361)

Silver • 0.45 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Flon# 8, N# 83081
Denier - Rudolph of Coucy (Marsal)
ND (1388-1415)

Silver • 0.32 g
Flon# p. 513, 8, N# 333965
Double Denier - Louis
ND (1325-1327)

Silver • 0.95 g
N# 382984
Double Denier - Adhemar of Monteil (Marsal mint)
ND (1327-1361)

Silver • 0.85 g
Flon# 506, 12, N# 365008
Double Denier - Theoderic V
ND (1365-1384)

Silver • 0.55 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Flon# p.511, 8, N# 333959
¼ Groschen Spadin - Reynold of Bar
ND (1303-1320)

Silver • 1.0 g • ⌀ 16 mm
Flon# p.502, 1, N# 334212
⅓ Groschen - Theoderic V
ND (1365-1383)

Silver (.937) • 1.1 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Flon# p. 511, 7, N# 365109
½ Groschen - Conrad II Bayer of Boppard
ND (1415-1459)

Silver • 1.2 g • ⌀ 20.5 mm
Flon# p.515, 3, N# 334044
Groschen - John II of Vienne
ND (1361-1365)

Silver • 2.3 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Flon# 2, N# 334041
Groschen - Theoderic V
ND (1365-1383)

Silver (.937) • 3.22 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Boudeau# 1641, N# 197922
Groschen - Rudolph of Coucy (Marsal)
ND (1388-1415)

Silver • 2.0 g • ⌀ 25.5 mm
Flon# p.512, 2, Boudeau# 1642, N# 333964

France › French States › Metz, City of • Thaler

¼ Denier "Angevine"
ND (1350-1400)

Billon • 0.45 g • ⌀ 13 mm
Flon# 523, 1, N# 364944
¼ Denier "Angevine"
ND (1400-1456)

Billon • 0.40 g • ⌀ 13 mm
Flon# 523, 2, N# 364945
¼ Denier or Angevine
ND (1456-1661)

Billon • 0.2 g • ⌀ 13 mm
Flon# 6, N# 87971
½ Bugne / 2 Denier
ND (1394-1500)

Billon • 0.5 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Flon# 522, 2, Boudeau# 1665, N# 364948
Double Denier
ND (1500-1550)

Silver • 0.52 g • ⌀ 16 mm
Boudeau# 1666, N# 133804
½ Bugne / 2 Denier
ND (1500-1550)

Billon • 0.8 g
Flon# 752, 2, N# 364946
Available for swap ¼ Sol or Liard
1555-1661

Billon (.111 silver) • 0.63 g • ⌀ 16 mm
Boudeau# 1677, Flon# 2-8, MB# 85, Schult# 2192, N# 22062
Bugne / ⅓ Groschen
ND (1394-1500)

Billon • 1.0 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Flon# p.521, 1, Boudeau# 1663, N# 365211
Groschen
ND (1384-1406)

Silver • 3.35 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Flon# 518, 1, N# 365112
Groschen (Saint kneeling, 1st type)
ND (1406-1540)

Silver (.937) • 2.8 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Boudeau# 1659, MB# 25, Schult# 2187, N# 59768
Groschen (Saint kneeling, 2d type)
ND (1540-1646)

Silver • 2.15 g • ⌀ 24 mm
Boudeau# 1660, N# 365294
12 Groschen
1611-1660

Silver • 7.3 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Boudeau# 1674, Withers 2# F/m/2, KM# 6, N# 227520
6 Groschen
1611-1641

Silver (.694) • ⌀ 24 mm
Boudeau# 1675, Flon# 1-3, KM# 4, N# 48027
Teston
1590-1611

Silver • 9.0 g • ⌀ 28 mm
MB# 101, Boudeau# 1671, N# 365055
1 Thaler
1571

Silver • 28.47 g
MB# 96, Dav CCT# 9562, N# 358880
Thaler with standing St. Stephen
1628-1634

Silver (.882) • 28 g • ⌀ 43 mm
Boudeau# 1670, Flon# 3-11, Dav ECT# 5580, KM# 17, N# 83079
Thaler with bust of St. Stephen
1638

Silver (.882) • 28.64 g • ⌀ 42 mm
Flon# 16, Dav ECT# 5583, KM# 15, N# 161699
1 Thaler
1638

Silver • 28.5 g
KM# 25, Dav ECT# 5581, Flon# 16, N# 361047
1 Thaler
1638

Silver
KM# 26, Dav ECT# 5582, N# 361056
Gold Guilder
ND (1563-1620)

Gold (.986) • 3.47 g
Fr# 164, N# 370089
Gold Guilder
ND (1563-1620)

Gold (.986) • 3.28 g • ⌀ 23 mm
Fr# 164a, N# 370057
Gold Guilder
1620-1643 (1563-1643)

Gold (.986) • 3.33 g
Boudeau# 1657, Fr# 164b, Flon# 11, KM# 12, N# 303490
Florin
1639-1646

Gold • 3.2 g
Fr# 165, Flon# 12, KM# 33, N# 342961
½ Groschen
1647-1652

Silver • 0.89 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Boudeau# 1661, N# 257734

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