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 › Burgundy, Duchy of • Livre

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Large Blanc with shield - John I
ND (1404-1419)

Billon (.439 silver) • 2.95 g • ⌀ 25.5 mm
PA# 5723, Boudeau# 1224, Dumas# 14-4 à 14-9, N# 37901
Groschen - John I
1419

Silver • 2.43 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Boudeau# 1226, PA# 5720, N# 270546
Blanc with shield - Philip III
ND (1419-1467)

Billon • 2.99 g • ⌀ 28 mm
PA# 5729, N# 82396
Groschen with St. Andrew cross - Charles I
ND (1467-1477)

Silver (.519) • 2.9 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Vanhoudt# 41-AU, Dumas# 16-3, PA# 5747, N# 99100
Large Blanc with shield at seven quarters - Charles I
ND (1467-1477)

Billon (.399 silver) • 2.9 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Vanhoudt# 42-AU, Dumas# 16-4-2, N# 99102
Gold Florin - Odo IV
ND (1315-1349)

Gold • 3.5 g
Fr# 98, PA# 5683, N# 367602
Gold Florin - Philip I of Rouvres
ND (1350-1361)

Gold • 3.42 g
Fr# 100, PA# 5708, N# 367599
Gold Rider - Philip III
ND (1419-1467)

Gold • 3.57 g
Fr# 101, PA# 5728, N# 367509

France › French States › Burgundy, Duchy of • Livre

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Engrogne with crowned lion - Philip III
ND (1419-1432)

Billon • 1.6 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Barth# VII-1, Dumas# 15-12, N# 166401
Engrogne with shield - Philip III
ND (1419-1467)

Billon • 1.06 g • ⌀ 22 mm
PA# 5804, N# 71482
Large Blanc with shields - Philip III
ND (1423-1435)

Billon (.399 silver) • 2.75 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Boudeau# 1230, PA# 5734, Dumas# 15/7, N# 318268
Blanc with shield at seven quarters - Philip III
ND (1439-1452)

Billon (.399 silver) • 3.06 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Vanhoudt# 12·AUX, Dumas# 15-8-1, Boudeau# 1229 var., N# 95708

France › French States › Cahors, Bishopric and City of • Denier

12 Deniers = 1 Sol • 20 Sols = 1 Livre

Obol anonymous with crozier
ND (1150-1260)

Billon • 0.47 g • ⌀ 13 mm
Boudeau# 783, PA# 3921, Dy féodales# 1159, N# 335039
Obol anonymous with crozier (three pellets)
ND (1275-1325)

Billon (.220 silver) • 0.49 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Boudeau# 778-780, PA# 3908, Dy féodales# 1164, N# 335031
Obol - Hugh Geraud or William of Labroue
ND (1311-1323)

Billon • 0.37 g • ⌀ 13.5 mm
Boudeau# –, PA# –, Dy féodales# –, N# 335037
Denier anonymous
ND (1150-1200)

Billon • 1.03 g • ⌀ 17 mm
PA# 3923, Dy féodales# 1166, N# 130318
Denier anonymous with crozier
ND (1150-1260)

Billon • 0.9 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Boudeau# 782, PA# 3921, Dy féodales# 1158, N# 56746
Denier anonymous with crozier (three pellets)
ND (1220-1240)

Silver • 0.78 g • ⌀ 18 mm
PA# 3908, Dy féodales# 1163, SCMF# 4664, N# 359962

France › French States › Cambrai, Bishopric of • Évêché de Cambrai

Coquibus - Guy of Colmieu
ND (1296-1306)

Billon • 1.04 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
Boudeau# 2013, N# 335013
Coquibus - Philip of Marigny
ND (1306-1308)

Billon • 0.50 g • ⌀ 15 mm
N# 335012
Courte - Maximilian of Berghes
ND (1556-1562)

Copper • 1.59 g • ⌀ 19.0 mm
N# 242654
Available for swap Double Denier - Louis of Berlaymont
ND (1570-1596)

Copper • 2.34 g • ⌀ 22.5 mm
Boudeau# 2041, N# 63026
Sterling - Guy of Colmieu
ND (1295-1306)

Billon • 1.3 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
Boudeau# 2012, N# 155115
Available for swap 6 Deniers - Louis of Berlaymont
ND (1570-1596)

Copper • 5.15 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Boudeau# 2040, N# 49724
Groschen Tournois - Gerard III
ND (1372-1378)

Silver (.930) • 2.45 g
N# 320410
5 Patards - Maximilian of Berghes
ND (1562-1570)

Silver • 6.7 g • ⌀ 33.8 mm
Boudeau# 2031, N# 120336
Franc on horse - Peter IV
ND (1360-1368)

Gold • 3.68 g • ⌀ 29 mm
Fr# 104, Delmonte G# 273, N# 361638
Franc on foot - Robert II
ND (1368-1371)

Gold • 3.77 g
Fr# 106, Delmonte G# 277, N# 361657
Franc on horse - Robert II
ND (1368-1371)

Gold • 3.73 g
Fr# 107, Delmonte G# 278, N# 361733
Franc on horse - Gerard III
ND (1372)

Gold • 3.76 g
Fr# 108, Delmonte G# 280, N# 367685
Gold Florin anonymous
ND (1342-1348)

Gold • 3.35 g
Fr# 102, Delmonte G# 271, N# 361624
Gold Florin - Peter IV
ND (1349-1366)

Gold • 3.62 g
Fr# 105a, N# 361522
Gold Lamb - Peter IV
ND (1350)

Gold • 4.58 g
Fr# 103, Delmonte G# 272, N# 367633
Gold Royal - Peter IV
ND (1358)

Gold • 3.68 g
Fr# 104a, Delmonte G# 275, N# 367604
Gold Royal - Peter IV
ND (1359)

Gold • 3.37 g
Fr# 105, Delmonte G# 275, N# 361649
Double Gold Lamb - Gerard III
ND (1372)

Gold • 5.56 g
Fr# 109, Delmonte G# 279, N# 367693
Gold Florin - Maximilian of Berghes
ND (1556-1562)

Gold • 2.83 g
Fr# 111, Delmonte G# 283, N# 361735
Gold Ecu - Maximilian of Berghes
ND (1562-1570)

Gold • 3.4 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Fr# 110, Delmonte G# 281, Boudeau# 2029, N# 356012
Thaler - Maximilian of Berghes
1564-1570

Silver (.875) • 29.2 g • ⌀ 40 mm
Dav EC I# 8214, Delmonte S# 406, Boudeau# 2035, N# 248859
Gold Ecu - Maximilian of Berghes
1568

Gold • 3.22 g
Fr# 110a, Delmonte G# 282, N# 367696
Gold Ecu - Louis of Berlaymont
1578

Gold • 3.21 g
Fr# 112, Delmonte G# 284, N# 367715

France › French States › Cambrai, City under siege of • Unspecified currency

Quadruple Denier - John of Balagny
1588

Billon • 2 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Boudeau# 2043, N# 187008
20 Patards - John of Balagny (Siege of Cambrai)
1595

Token
Bronze • 8.94 g • 34 mm
Boudeau# 2046, N# 17805

France › French States › Carcassonne

Denier anonymous
ND (950-1075)

Silver • 1.39 g
PA# 3779, Dy féodales# 1513, N# 215130
Denier - Roger II / Peter Raymond
ND (1012-1060)

Silver • 1.09 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
PA# 3789, Dy féodales# 1516, Boudeau# 742 var., N# 334217
Denier - Bernard Ato
ND (1082-1130)

Silver
Dy féodales# 1522, PA# LXXXIII/19, N# 386018
Denier - Roger I Trencavel
ND (1130-1150)

Silver • 1.02 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
PA# 3808 var., Dy féodales# 1526 var., Boudeau# 746 var., N# 334216
Denier - Roger II Trencavel
ND (1167-1194)

Silver • 1.03 g • ⌀ 18 mm
PA# 3797, Dy féodales# 1531, Boudeau# 746, N# 391363

France › French States › Châlons, Bishopric of

Denier - William II
ND (1215-1226)

Billon • 1.05 g
PA# 6044, N# 381882

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