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 › Savoy (France) • Livre

¼ Groschen - Charles III (6th type)
ND (1504-1553)

Billon • 0.8 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Biaggi# 351, MIR# 412, N# 139936
¼ Groschen - Charles III (14th type)
ND (1504-1553)

Billon • 1.35 g • ⌀ 20 mm
MIR# 420, N# 238521
½ Groschen - Amedeus VIII
ND (1391-1416)

Silver • 1.70 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Biaggi# 100, MIR# 112, Dy féodales# 2660, CNI I# S.34-8, HMZ 1# 1-566a, N# 179793
½ Groschen - Amadeus VIII (Chablais type)
ND (1391-1416)

Silver • 1.95 g • ⌀ 24 mm
MIR# 115, Biaggi# 103, Dy féodales# 2663, N# 315616
½ Groschen - Amedeus VIII (Chablais type)
ND (1416-1440)

Silver • 1.73 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Dy féodales# 2685, N# 285565
½ Groschen - Louis I
ND (1440-1465)

Silver • 1.30 g • ⌀ 22 mm
HMZ 1# 1-313a, Biaggi# 145, MIR# 162, Dy féodales# 2707, N# 196415
Groschen of Piedmont - Amadeus V
ND (1285-1323)

Silver (.916) • 1.99 g • ⌀ 23 mm
MIR# 45a, Biaggi# 37, N# 328443
Groschen with crown - Aymon
ND (1337-1343)

Billon • 2.14 g • ⌀ 25.4 mm
MIR# 62 var., Dy féodales# 2606, N# 349055
Groschen - Philibert I
ND (1472-1482)

Billon • 2.22 g • ⌀ 28 mm
MIR# 200, Biaggi# 177, Boudeau# 1140, Dy féodales# 2733, N# 325466
Groschen - Charles III (3rd type)
1552-1554 (1504-1554)

Billon • 1.84 g • ⌀ 25 mm
MIR# 387, Biaggi# 332, N# 198953
Parpagliola - Charles III (1st type)
ND (1504-1553)

Billon • 2.2 g • ⌀ 25 mm
MIR# 394, Biaggi# 337, N# 315611
Available for swap Double White - Louis I
ND (1440-1465)

Silver • 2.20 g • ⌀ 28 mm
HMZ 1# 1-312b, Biaggi# 144, MIR# 161, Dy féodales# 2705, N# 196413
Gold Guilder with shield - Amadeus VI
ND (1343-1383)

Gold • 3.5 g
MIR# 71, Biaggi# 62, Dy féodales# 2619, Fr# 1014, N# 308710
Gold Guilder with crosslet - Amadeus VI
ND (1343-1383)

Gold • 3.47 g
MIR# 72, Dy féodales# 2620, Fr# 1014, N# 372614
Gold Florin with crosslet - Amadeus VII
ND (1383-1391)

Gold • 2.72 g
Dy féodales# 2647, MIR# 99, N# 372683
Gold Florin - Amadeus VII
ND (1383-1391)

Gold • 2.69 g
Dy féodales# 2648, MIR# 100, N# 372659
Gold Florin with shield - Amadeus VII
ND (1383-1391)

Gold • 2.97 g
Fr# 1015, Dy féodales# 2646, MIR# 98, N# 363068
Gold Ecu - Amadeus VII
ND (1383-1391)

Gold • 3.94 g
Dy féodales# 2649, MIR# 101, N# 372647
Gold Ecu - Louis I
ND (1440-1465)

Gold • 3.4 g
Dy féodales# 2702, MIR# 157, N# 372736
Gold Ecu - Louis I
ND (1440-1465)

Gold • 3.25 g
Fr# 1020, Dy féodales# 2700, N# 362757
Gold Ecu - Charles III
1552 (1504-1553)

Gold • 3.35 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Biaggi# 289, MIR# 335, CNI I# 28, Fr# 1037, MIR# 334, MB# 150, MB# 184, N# 200760
Gold Rider - Charles III
ND (1504-1553)

Gold • 3.36 g
Dy féodales# –, Biaggi# 281c, Fr# 1035, MIR# 325, MB# 141, N# 372798
Gold Rider - Charles III
ND (1504-1553)

Gold
Dy féodales# 2818 var., MIR# 327 var., N# 372875
Gold Rider - Charles III
ND (1504-1553)

Gold • 3.38 g
Dy féodales# 2819, MIR# 328, MB# 144, N# 372792
Gold Rider - Charles III
ND (1504-1553)

Gold • 3.47 g
Fr# 1035a, Dy féodales# 2819A, MIR# 329, MB# 145, N# 363165
Gold Ecu - Charles III
ND (1504-1553)

Gold • 3.45 g • ⌀ 25.5 mm
N# 372941
Ducat - Amadeus VIII
ND (1416-1440)

Gold • 3.46 g
Dy féodales# 2683, MIR# 137, N# 372702
Gold Ducat - Louis I
ND (1440-1465)

Gold • 3.50 g • ⌀ 24.3 mm
HMZ 1# 1-307, Dy féodales# 2699, Fr# 1019, N# 187933
Ducat - Charles III
ND (1504-1553)

Gold • 3.46 g • ⌀ 24 mm
Dy féodales# 2817, MIR# 324, Fr# 1034, MB# 156, N# 372934

France › French States › Savoy (France) • Teston (1434-1553)

½ Teston - Charles I (Cornavin mint)
ND (1482-1490)

Silver • 4.71 g
MIR# 230, N# 347439
½ Teston - Charles III (Type 1; Bourg-en-Bresse mint)
ND (1504-1553)

Silver • 4.73 g • ⌀ 27.5 mm
MIR# 357, N# 347440
Teston - Charles I
ND (1482-1490)

Silver • 9.59 g • ⌀ 30 mm
HMZ 1# 1-351a, Biaggi# 198, MIR# 227-228, Boudeau# 1141, N# 198081
Teston - Charles III (8th type)
ND (1504-1553)

Silver • 7.30 g • ⌀ 30 mm
Biaggi# 299, MIR# 345, N# 200765
Ducat - Amadeus IX
ND (1465-1472)

Gold • 3.47 g
Dy féodales# 2720A, MIR# 184c, N# 372750
Gold Ducat - Amadeus IX
ND (1465-1472)

Gold • 3.5 g
Fr# 1023, MIR# 184, Dy féodales# 2720, N# 362721
Gold Ducat - Philibert I
ND (1472-1482)

Gold • 3.47 g
Dy féodales# 2731, Fr# 1025, N# 362705
Ducat - Charles I (helmeted shield)
ND (1482-1490)

Gold • 3.48 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Fr# 1027, Biaggi# 195, MIR# 223c, N# 308725
Ducat - Charles I
ND (1482-1490)

Gold • 3.48 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Fr# 1028, Biaggi# 197, MIR# 225, N# 308726
Gold Ducat - Charles I
ND (1482-1490)

Gold • 3.46 g
HMZ 1# 349a, Fr# 1026, Biaggi# 198c, Dy féodales# 2746, N# 362673
Ducat - Philibert II
ND (1497-1504)

Gold • 3.49 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Fr# 1031, MIR# 297, Dy féodales# 2805, MB# 21, N# 363113
2 Ducats - Philibert II
ND (1497-1504)

Gold • 7 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Dy féodales# –, MIR# 296, MB# 22, N# 372769

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

Denier - Otte-Guillaume
ND (982-1026)

Silver • 1.11 g • ⌀ 21.2 mm
PA# 2000, SCMF# 3992, N# 382690
Denier anonymous
ND (1030-1070)

Silver • 1.13 g • ⌀ 22.0 mm
Boudeau# 1245, N# 198849

France › French States › Sedan, Principality of • Livre

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Double Tournois - Guillaume-Robert (1st type)
1577

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 554, N# 54040
Double Tournois - Guillaume-Robert (2nd type)
1587

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 556, PA# 6287, N# 54041
Double Tournois - Henry (3rd type)
1598-1600

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 558, N# 54043
Double Tournois - Henry (4th type)
1603

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 560, N# 54045
Available for swap Double Tournois - Henry (5th type)
1614

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 562, N# 54046
Double Tournois - Henry (6th type)
1614

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 564, N# 54047

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