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 › Montbéliard, County of • Thaler (1397-1716)

1 Thaler = 15 Batzen = 20 Groschen = 28 Schilling = 60 Kreuzer = 80 Gröschlein = 120 Liard • 1 Ducat = 2 Thaler

½ Liard - Leopold Eberhard
1710

Copper
KM# 26, Klein Mö# 78, Ebner# 75, Debard# 59, N# 135935
½ Liard - Leopold Eberhard
1710

Copper
KM# 27, Klein Mö# 78b, Ebner# 75, Debard# 59, N# 135936
Available for swap 1 Liard - Leopold Eberhard
1710-1716

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 28, Klein Mö# 76b, Ebner# 79, Debard# 63, Dy féodales# 3107, PA# CXXV/13, N# 38000
1 Dreier - Ulrich
ND (1520-1526)

Silver • 0.92 g • ⌀ 18 mm
MB# 6, KR# 53.1a, Saur# 1551, PA# 5433, N# 108780
1 Gröschlein - Louis
1578

Silver • 3.8 g
MB# 5, KR Neben# 3, N# 118811
1 Gröschlein - Louis
ND (1578-1579)

Silver • 0.85 g
MB# 3, KR Neben# 1, Ebner# 1, N# 135881
1 Gröschlein - Louis
1579

Silver • 0.88 g
MB# 7, KR Neben# 4, N# 110943
1 Kreuzer - Frederick I
1586-1587

Silver • 0.45 g
MB# 16, Klein Mö# 30, Ebner# 19, N# 135885
1 Kreuzer - Louis Frederick
1622

Silver
KM# 5, Klein Mö# 62, Ebner# 54, Debard# 38, N# 135888
1 Kreuzer - Louis Frederick
1622

Silver • 0.64 g
KR Neben# 64 var., Ebner# 53, N# 372071
2 Kreuzers - Frederick I
1585-1588

Silver
MB# 10, Klein Mö# 19, Ebner# 17, Debard# 9, N# 135882
2 Kreuzers - Frederick I
1588-1589

Silver • 1.22 g
MB# 19, KR Neben# 22-23, Ebner# 24, Debard# 16, N# 135886
2 Kreuzers - Frederick I
1589-1593

Silver • 1.42 g
MB# 21, KR Neben# 24-28, Ebner# 27, Debard# 19, N# 90570
2 Kreuzers - Frederick I
1594

Silver • 1.12 g • ⌀ 19 mm
MB# 24, Klein Mö# 33.1, Ebner# 35, N# 135887
2 Kreuzers - Louis Frederick
1624

Silver
KM# 8, Klein Mö# 61, Ebner# 67, Debard# 51, N# 135889
1 Groschen - Frederick I
1585-1586

Silver • 2.12 g
MB# 12, KR Neben# 14, Ebner# 13, Debard# 4, Dy féodales# 3081, N# 135884
1 Groschen - Frederick I
1585-1588

Silver • 2.25 g • ⌀ 22 mm
MB# 11, KR Neben# 16, Ebner# 16, Debard# 7, N# 135883
1 Groschen - Louis Frederick
1623-1624

Silver • 1.15 g
KM# 9, Klein Mö# 58.1, Ebner# 65a, Debard# 48, N# 135890
3 Kreuzers - Louis Frederick
1624

Silver
Klein Mö# 59b, N# 168685
3 Kreuzers - Leopold Eberhard
1710

Silver
Klein Mö# 69.1, Ebner# 72, N# 135940
3 Kreuzers - Leopold Eberhard
1710

Silver (.900) • 1.29 g • ⌀ 19 mm
KM# 29, Klein Mö# 69, Ebner# 71, Debard# 54, N# 135937
3 Kreuzers - Leopold Eberhard
1710

Silver
KM# 31, Klein Mö# 71, Ebner# 73, Debard# 56, N# 135939
2 Schillings - Louis Frederick (Basler)
1624-1625

Silver • 3 g • ⌀ 26 mm
KM# 18, Klein Mö# 42, Ebner# 63, N# 135934
12 Kreuzer - Louis Frederick
1622

Silver
KM# 15, Klein Mö# 46a, Ebner# 50, Debard# 34, N# 135931
12 Kreuzer - Louis Frederick
1624

Silver
KM# 17, Klein Mö# 49, Ebner# 61, N# 135932
½ Thaler - Louis Frederick (Schützenhalbtaler)
1612

Circulating commemorative coin: Shooting prize coin
Silver • 14.5 g • ⌀ 35 mm
KM# 20, Binder# 41, N# 240576
1 Thaler - Louis Frederick
1622-1623

Silver
KM# 23, Dav ECT# 7075, Klein Mö# 43, Ebner# 55, Debard# 39, N# 90571

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

Denier - Gaucher Adhemar
ND (1346-1360)

Billon • 0.59 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Dy féodales# –, N# 334343
Double Denier - Hugh IV Adhemar
ND (1360-1387)

Billon • 0.89 g
PA# 4760, Dy féodales# 2361, Chareyron# 100, N# 396802
Florin - Gaucher Adhemar
ND (1346-1360)

Gold • 3.42 g
Fr# 166, N# 370103

France › French States › Montjoie-le-Château, Lordship of • Rappen

1 Rappen
1554

Billon • 0.76 g • ⌀ 16 mm
Dy féodales# 3136, PA# –, N# 390566
2 Rappen
ND (1556-1558)

Billon • 1.39 g • ⌀ 19 mm
MB# 2, Dy féodales# 3135, PA# –, N# 390439

France › French States › Montluçon, Lordship of • Livre

Denier - Guy II of Dampierre
ND (1202-1213)

Silver • 0.97 g • ⌀ 18.0 mm
PA# 2204, Dy féodales# 809, Boudeau# 367, N# 182844
Denier - Odo of Burgundy
ND (1249-1262)

Silver • 0.93 g • ⌀ 19 mm
PA# 2210, Dy féodales# 812, Boudeau# 369, N# 335661

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

Groschen - James I / James II
ND (1213-1311)

Silver • 3.86 g
Dy féodales# 1580, PA# 3849, N# 215139

France › French States › Mulhouse, Free imperial city of • Thaler

Rappenvierer anonymous
1623

Billon • 0.37 g • ⌀ 14 mm
KM# 5, E&L# 14, N# 168626
Thaler anonymous with lion
1623

Silver • 29 g • ⌀ 41 mm
KM# 10.1, Dav ECT# 5587, E&L# 5, N# 168627
Thaler anonymous with shield
1623

Silver • 28.65 g • ⌀ 41 mm
KM# 11, Dav ECT# 5588, E&L# 6, N# 86396

France › French States › Narbonne, Viscounty of • Unspecified currency

Obol - Raymond I
ND (966-1023)

Billon • 0.72 g • ⌀ 14 mm
Dy féodales# 1536, PA# 3745, N# 323143
Obol - Aimery II
ND (1105-1134)

Billon • 0.62 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
Dy féodales# 1543, PA# –, N# 385953
Denier - Raymond I
ND (966-1023)

Silver • 1.23 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Dy féodales# 1535, PA# 3744, N# 323144
Denier - Raymond Berenger
ND (1023-1067)

Silver • 1.07 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Dy féodales# 1537, PA# 3749-3750, N# 323145
Denier - Bernard
ND (1067-1071)

Silver • 0.64 g
Dy féodales# –, N# 386006
Denier - Peter
ND (1076-1085)

Silver
Dy féodales# 1539, PA# LXXXII/11, N# 385949
Denier - Alfons Jordan
ND (1139-1143)

Billon
Dy féodales# 1544, PA# LXXXII/16, N# 385892
Denier - Ermengarde
ND (1142-1194)

Silver • 0.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Boudeau# 739, PA# 3760, Dy féodales# 1545, N# 215143
Denier - Aimery III with archbishop Arnaud Amalric
ND (1212-1225)

Billon • 0.54 g
Dy féodales# 1549, PA# 3783, N# 385888
Denier - Aymeri IV and archbishop Gilles Aycelin
ND (1290-1298)

Billon
Dy féodales# 1550, PA# LXXXIII/1, N# 385878

France › French States › Navarre (France), Kingdom of • Livre

Liard - Henry III
1581-1587

Billon • 0.8 g • ⌀ 16 mm
PA# 3518, Dy féodales# 1404, N# 109036

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