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 › Boisbelle-Henrichemont, Principality of • Livre

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Double Tournois - Maximilian III (Pattern)
1642

Pattern
Gold • 3.3 g
N# 390930

France › French States › Bonifacio, City of • Unspecified currency

Denier (type 3) - Bonifacio
ND (1282-1453)

Copper • 0.43 g • ⌀ 14 mm
Doazan# 1 p. 104, N# 390313
Denier (type 3) - Bonifacio
ND (1282-1453)

Copper • 0.72 g • ⌀ 12 mm
Doazan# p. 104, N# 390314
Type au grand B (avec besant)
ND (1282-1453)

Copper • 0.42 g • ⌀ 11.5 mm
Doazan# p. 104, N# 391208
Denier (type 2)
ND (1282-1453)

Copper • 0.94 g • ⌀ 15 mm
N# 390312
Denier type au chatel bonifacien (surfrappé)
ND (1282-1453)

Copper • 0.74 g • ⌀ 14.5 mm
N# 391682

France › French States › Bordeaux, County of • Livre

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Denier - William Sancho
ND (977-997)

Silver • 1 g
Dy féodales# 1006, Boudeau# 456, PA# 2713, N# 198209
Denier - Bernard William
ND (997-1009)

Silver • 0.97 g
Dy féodales# 1007, PA# LVIII/18, N# 382396

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

Denier - Sanche William
ND (1009-1032)

Billon • 0.79 g
Dy féodales# 1011, PA# LVIII/20, N# 382389
Denier - Guy Geoffrey
ND (1039-1058)

Billon • 1.08 g
Dy féodales# 1016, PA# LIX/6, N# 382376

France › French States › Bouillon • Livre

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Denier - Godefroy V
ND (1076-1100)

Silver
Kluge Kar# 288, N# 372088
Available for swap Double of France - Godefroy Maurice
1683

Billon • 2.82 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Boudeau# 1854, PA# 6371, N# 74532
Liard - Godefroy Maurice
1681

Copper • 3.77 g • ⌀ 23.5 mm
Boudeau# 1853, PA# 6369, N# 337979

France › French States › Bouillon • Pound (959-1190)

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

Denier - Godfrey III
ND (1050-1069)

Silver • 1.05 g
Ilisch NL1# 27.1.1, Dann Sa# 188, N# 381237

France › French States › Boulogne, County of • Denier parisis

Denier Parisis - Eustace IV
ND (1150-1153)

Silver • 0.88 g • ⌀ 20 mm
PA# 6619, Boudeau# 1933, N# 336475
Denier Parisis - Renaud of Dammartin
ND (1191-1227)

Silver • 0.9 g • ⌀ 19 mm
PA# 6629, Boudeau# 1935, N# 107066

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

Obol in the name of Louis
ND (1205-1210)

Billon • 0.41 g
Dy féodales# 796, PA# XLVII/19, N# 382741
Obol - Robert of Clermont
ND (1283-1310)

Billon • 0.55 g
Dy féodales# 808, PA# XLVIII, 11, N# 198227
Denier - Immobilization in the name of Louis
ND (1160-1205)

Silver • 0.85 g • ⌀ 19.3 mm
Dy féodales# 794, PA# 2195, N# 335748
Denier in the name of Louis
ND (1242-1249)

Billon • 0.99 g
Dy féodales# 801, N# 382734
Denier - Robert of Clermont
ND (1283-1310)

Billon • 1.0 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
PA# 2190, Dy féodales# 807, N# 325255

France › French States › Bourges, Viscounty of

Denier immobilized in the name of Lothair II
ND (1040-1060)

Silver • 1.25 g
PA# 1915, Dy féodales# 663, N# 198228

France › French States › Brittany, Duchy of • Bretagne Duchy - Livre

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Obol - John I
ND (1237-1286)

Billon • 0.40 g • ⌀ 13 mm
Jez# 50, Dy féodales# 74, N# 46841
Denier - Immobilization of Charles II
ND (900-1020)

Billon • 1.11 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Nouchy# 190 (p. 186), N# 46788
Denier - Odo I
ND (1040-1047)

Billon • 1.34 g
Dy féodales# 52, PA# 1429, N# 382853
Denier - Conan II
ND (1047-1066)

Billon • 1.09 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Jez# 7-9, Dy féodales# 53, N# 5764
Denier anonymous
ND (1050-1100)

Billon • 1.06 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Jez# 16, Dy féodales# 55, N# 48797
Denier - Hoël II
ND (1066-1084)

Billon • 1.11 g • ⌀ 20.8 mm
Dy féodales# 54, Jez# 14, N# 332396
Denier - Alain IV
ND (1084-1112)

Billon • 1.04 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Jez# 20, Dy féodales# 56, N# 51824
Available for swap Denier - Conan III
ND (1112-1148)

Billon • 0.98 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Jez# 22-24, Dy féodales# 57, N# 46787
Denier - Odo II
ND (1148-1156)

Billon • 1.12 g
Dy féodales# 58, PA# IX/17, N# 382778
Denier - Conan IV
ND (1156-1166)

Billon • 0.7 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
Jez# 30, PA# 273, Dy féodales# 60, N# 64262
Denier - Geoffrey II
ND (1175-1186)

Billon • 1.11 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Jez# 33, Dy féodales# 63, N# 266101
Denier anonymous
ND (1186-1250)

Billon • 1.01 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Jez# 34-37, PA# 277, Dy féodales# 64-67, N# 37375
Denier - John I
ND (1237-1286)

Billon • 1.05 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Jez# 49, Dy féodales# 73, N# 46842
Denier with square shield - John I
ND (1237-1286)

Billon • 1.00 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Jez# 53, Dy féodales# 75, N# 46843
Denier anonymous of John II
ND (1286-1305)

Billon • 0.84 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Jez# 61-62, Dy féodales# 79, N# 36794
Denier anonymous of John II (ermines in third of obverse)
ND (1286-1305)

Billon • 1.06 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Jez# 63, Dy féodales# 81, N# 268132
Denier - Arthur II
ND (1305-1312)

Billon • 0.84 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Boudeau# 47, Jez# 78, Dy féodales# 85, N# 82181
Denier - John III (Evran; COMES RICHMUD)
ND (1312-1341)

Billon • 1 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Jez# 67, Dy féodales# 99, N# 54903
Denier - John III (Jugon)
ND (1312-1341)

Billon • 0.79 g
Jez# 70, Dy féodales# 93, N# 266456
Denier - John III (Nantes)
ND (1312-1341)

Billon • 0.92 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Jez# 73b, Dy féodales# 90, N# 80848
Denier - John III (Nantes - COMЄS RICHЄMVD)
ND (1312-1341)

Billon • 1.11 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Jez# 86, Dy féodales# 89, N# 268576
Denier with quartered shield - John III
ND (1312-1341)

Billon • 1.01 g • ⌀ 18.8 mm
Jez# 87, Dy féodales# 97-98, N# 98068
Denier - John III (Evran)
ND (1314-1317)

Billon • 0.71 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Jez# 81, Dy féodales# 100, N# 49605

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