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 › Vienne (France), Archbishopric of • Livre

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Available for swap Denier anonymous
ND (1100-1150)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1 g • ⌀ 18 mm
PA# 4828, Dy féodales# 2378, N# 106575
Available for swap Denier anonymous
ND (1150-1200)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.87 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
PA# 4826, Dy féodales# 2381, N# 42865
½ Groschen anonymous
ND (1285-1320)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.32 g • ⌀ 23 mm
PA# 4836, Boudeau# 1052, Dy féodales# 2389, N# 107413
Groschen anonymous
ND (1285-1320)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.35 g • ⌀ 24 mm
PA# 4835, Dy féodales# 2385, N# 107410

France › French States › Vierzon, Lordship of • Livre

Obol anonymous
ND (1144-1192)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.33 g • ⌀ 14 mm
Dy féodales# 624, PA# –, N# 336651
Obol - Godfrey of Brabant
ND (1270-1302)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.42 g
PA# 2033, Dy féodales# 634, N# 380467
Denier anonymous
ND (1144-1192)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.09 g • ⌀ 19 mm
PA# 2028, Dy féodales# 623, Boudeau# 313, N# 121197
Denier anonymous (lily and annulet)
ND (1144-1197)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.88 g • ⌀ 19 mm
PA# 2026, Boudeau# 312, Dy féodales# 626, N# 335609
Denier - William II
ND (1219-1258)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.78 g • ⌀ 17.8 mm
Dy féodales# 630, PA# XLIV/7, N# 380475
Denier (Domina Aira)
ND (1250-1260)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.85 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Dy féodales# 632, PA# XLIV/13, N# 380482
Denier - Mary of Brabant
ND (1302-1330)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.1 g • ⌀ 18 mm
PA# 2037, Dy féodales# 635, N# 380455

France › French States › Viviers, Bishopric of • Livre

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Obol - Adalbert of Peyre
ND (1297-1306)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.5 g • ⌀ 15 mm
PA# 3868 (86/15), Boudeau# 765 (6f.), Dy féodales# 1591, N# 102738
Denier anonymous (bust)
ND (1225-1250)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.85 g • ⌀ 17 mm
PA# 3863, Boudeau# 762, Dy féodales# 1588, N# 22142
Denier anonymous
ND (1260-1280)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.71 g • ⌀ 15 mm
PA# 3865, Dy féodales# 1589, N# 30984

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

Gros - John II of Luxembourg
ND (1306-1314)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.75 g
PA# 6928, N# 397161

France › French States › Weissenburg, Abbey of • Pfennig

1 Pfennig
ND

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.59 g • ⌀ 15 mm
E&L# 16, Nessel# 47, N# 132694
1 Pfennig
ND

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.50 g • ⌀ 12 mm
Nessel# 33, N# 132725
Denier "Dickpfennig"
ND (1170-1189)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.64 g
Nessel# 13, E&L# 8, N# 127011

France › French States › Weissenburg, City of • Thaler

1 Pfennig
1624

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.23 g • ⌀ 12 mm
KM# 25, E&L# 41, N# 132687
1 Kreutzer
1622

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.17 g • ⌀ 17 mm
KM# 7, E&L# 39, N# 111669
2 Kreutzer
1629-1633

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.99 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
KM# 35, E&L# –, Berstett E# –, De Mey Alsa# 74, Boudeau# –, N# 169636
1 Groschen (Rahtsgeld)
1627

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.33 g • ⌀ 24 mm
KM# 33, E&L# 34, N# 132688
12 Kreuzer
1622

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.93 g • ⌀ 20 mm
KM# 12, E&L# 30, N# 132686
12 Kreuzer - Ferdinand II
1626-1628

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 5.36 g • ⌀ 27.5 mm
KM# 13, E&L# 32, N# 41813
1 Thaler
ND (1623-1632)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 29.12 g • ⌀ 42 mm
KM# 19, Dav EC II# 5916, E&L# 19, N# 359647
2 Thalers
ND (1623-1632)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 61.46 g
KM# 21, Dav EC II# A5914, E&L# 17, N# 336387

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