Coins from France

The Carolingian dynasty founded a unified currency facilitating the development of trade in Europe. The Carolingian pound worth 20 Sols and therefore 240 silver Deniers, is the pillar of the monetary system that will last until the French revolution. But from the 9th century, the Carolingian Empire was subject to internal and external pressures that favored the emergence of local feudal powers. Each lordship took the opportunity to mint coins, causing a certain monetary disorder for several centuries. The accession to power of Hugh Capet marked a turning point. He and his successors Louis VI, Philip Augustus and Saint Louis, imposed the royal coinage, gradually buying back the monetary rights of the feudal lords. In 1641, Louis XIII created the Louis d'Or and reintroduced the silver Ecu and the copper Liard. After 1789, coinage did not escape the revolutionary phenomenon: in 1792, coins bearing the effigy of Louis XVI were replaced by the Sol aux Balances. Then the Franc reappears (the first "Franc à Cheval" and "Franc à Pied" were minted from the 14th century), with a fixed weight and decimal subdivisions. Napoleon then introduced the gold 40F and 20F and their subdivisions, all types that would go through the restoration and revolutions until the First World War. In the interwar period, in a context of general collapse of the economy, the Franc was devalued several times. In 1960, De Gaulle created the New Franc as part of European integration and its new monetary system. Finally, the Euro replaced the Franc on July 1st, 2002.
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France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

10 Francs (pattern by La Fleur)
1929

Pattern
Copper-aluminium • 9 g • ⌀ 28 mm
GEM# 165.3, Gad# 795, N# 173613
10 Francs (pattern of Delannoy)
1929

Pattern
Copper-aluminium • 9 g • ⌀ 28 mm
KM# E45, Maz# 2546a, Gad# 793, VG# 5228 var., GEM# 163.3, N# 27706
10 Francs (pattern of Bénard)
1929

Pattern
Copper-aluminium • 9 g • ⌀ 28 mm
KM# E46, GEM# 162.3, N# 27707
10 Francs (pattern of Rasummy)
1929

Pattern
Copper-aluminium • 9 g • ⌀ 28 mm
KM# E47, GEM# 168.3, N# 27708
Available for swap 10 Francs (pattern of Turin)
1929

Pattern
Copper-aluminium • 9 g • ⌀ 28 mm
KM# E48, GEM# 169.3, N# 27709
10 Francs (pattren of Popineau)
1929

Pattern
Copper-aluminium • 9 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Maz# 2550 a, Gad# 797, VG# 5232 var., GEM# 167.3, N# 165125
10 Francs (pattern of Bazor)
1929

Pattern
Copper-aluminium • 9 g • ⌀ 28 mm
VG# 5226 var., Maz# 2544 a, Gad# 791, GEM# 161.3, N# 165873
10 Francs (pattren of Bénard)
1929

Pattern
Aluminium bronze • 8.63 g • ⌀ 28.01 mm
VG# 5227 var., Maz# 2545 a., Gad# 792, N# 167188
10 Francs (pattren og Guzman)
1929

Pattern
Copper-aluminium • 9 g • ⌀ 28 mm
VG# 5229 var., Maz# 2547 a, Gad# 794, GEM# 164.3, N# 168745
10 Francs (pattern of Morlon)
1929

Pattern
Copper-aluminium • 9 g • ⌀ 28 mm
VG# 5231 var., Maz# 2549 a, Gad# 796, GEM# 166.3, N# 170788
10 Francs (pattern of Turin)
1929

Pattern
Aluminium bronze • 8.94 g • ⌀ 27.84 mm
VG# 5243, Maz# 2552, Gad# 801, N# 166473
Available for swap 10 Francs
1929-1939

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.680) • 10 g • ⌀ 28 mm
F# 360, KM# 878, Gad# 801, Schön# 205, N# 687
Préparation de la 10 francs Pétain (moyen module)
1939

Pattern
Copper-nickel • 6.97 g • ⌀ 24.87 mm
Gad# 803 a, GEM# 174.xx, N# 167126
préparation de la 5 francs Pétain (petit module)
1939

Pattern
Copper-nickel • 4.42 g
Gad# 804, N# 167128
Préparation de la 20 francs Pétain (grand module)
1939

Pattern
Copper-nickel • 12.66 g • ⌀ 29.8 mm
GEM# 174.4 / 174.6, Gad# 802 a, Maz# 2606 b, N# 167034
Available for swap 10 Francs - Pétain
1940-1944

Pattern
Copper-nickel • 9.7 g • ⌀ 31 mm
KM# Pn110, N# 15554
10 Francs - Pétain
1941

Pattern
Nickel • 7 g • ⌀ 26 mm
KM# E79, N# 8060
10 Francs - Pétain (pattern-piéfort of Simon)
1941

Pattern
Aluminium • 2.98 g • ⌀ 26 mm
KM# E80, N# 8058
10 Francs - Petain (Essai)
1941

Pattern
Copper-nickel • 7 g • ⌀ 26 mm
KM# E81, N# 18616
10 francs Pétain Essai aluminium de Bazor and Vézien
1943

Pattern
Aluminium • 3 g • ⌀ 31 mm
KM# E 86a, Gad# 809, GEM# 179.1, N# 242219
Available for swap 10 Francs (Large head)
1945-1947

Standard circulation coin
Copper-nickel • 7 g • ⌀ 26 mm
F# 361, F# 361A, Gad# 810, KM# 908, N# 893
Available for swap 10 Francs (Small head)
1947-1949

Standard circulation coin
Copper-nickel • 7 g • ⌀ 26 mm
F# 362, KM# 909, Gad# 811, N# 685
Essai de 10 francs Turin, argent
1948

Pattern
Silver • 8.05 g • ⌀ 25.38 mm
N# 165926
Available for swap 10 Francs
1950-1958

Standard circulation coin
Copper-aluminium • 3.0 g • ⌀ 20 mm
F# 363, Schön# 221, KM# 915, Gad# 812, N# 894
Available for swap 20 Francs - Napoleon I
11-12 (1802-1803)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 6.45161 g • ⌀ 21 mm
F# 510, KM# 651, N# 24096
Available for swap 20 Francs - Napoleon I
11-12 (1802-1803)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 6.45161 g • ⌀ 21 mm
F# 511, KM# 661, N# 8251
Available for swap 20 Francs - Napoleon I
13-14 (1804-1805)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 6.45161 g • ⌀ 21 mm
F# 512, KM# 663, N# 28097
Available for swap 20 Francs - Napoleon I (nude head, gregorian calendar)
1806

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 6.45161 g • ⌀ 21 mm
F# 513, KM# 674, N# 25114
20 Francs - Napoleon I
1807

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 6.45161 g • ⌀ 21 mm
F# 514, KM# A687, N# 25113
20 francs Napoléon (Essai en étain, tête nue)
1807

Pattern
Tin • 3.59 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Gad# 1023, N# 383843
Available for swap 20 Francs - Napoleon I
1807-1808

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 6.45161 g • ⌀ 21 mm
F# 515, KM# 687, N# 25123
20 Francs Napoléon (tête laurée, empire français)
1807-1815

Pattern
Tin • 4.76 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Gad# 1025, N# 383841
Available for swap 20 Francs - Napoléon I
1809-1814

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 6.45161 g • ⌀ 21 mm
F# 516, KM# 695, Delmonte G# 1182, N# 8249
Available for swap 20 Francs - Louis XVIII (dressed bust)
1814-1815

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 6.45161 g • ⌀ 21 mm
F# 517, KM# 706, N# 3316
Available for swap 20 Francs - Napoleon I
1815

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 6.45161 g • ⌀ 21 mm
F# 516A, KM# 705, N# 25234
20 Francs - Louis XVIII (dressed bust; London)
1815

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 6.45161 g • ⌀ 21 mm
F# 518, KM# 707, N# 28648
20 Francs - Louis XVIII (Essai en étain, Buste habillé)
1815

Pattern
Tin • 3.8 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Gad# 1026 var., N# 383869
Available for swap 20 Francs - Louis XVIII (nude bust)
1816-1824

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 6.45161 g • ⌀ 21 mm
F# 519, KM# 712, N# 7366
Available for swap 20 Francs - Charles X
1824-1830

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 6.45161 g • ⌀ 21 mm
F# 520, F# 521, F# 522, KM# 726, N# 7999
20 Francs - Louis Philippe I (pattern with a module of 20 Francs)
1830

Pattern
Bronze • 3.71 g • ⌀ 20.3 mm
Maz# 1129, Maz# 1131, N# 95556
Available for swap 20 Francs - Louis-Philippe (Tiolier, edge incused)
1830-1831

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 6.45161 g • ⌀ 21 mm
F# 524, KM# 739, N# 147095
20 Francs - Louis-Philippe (Tiolier, edge raised)
1830-1831

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 6.45161 g • ⌀ 21 mm
F# 525, KM# 746, N# 8000
Available for swap 20 Francs - Louis-Philippe I
1832-1848

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 6.45161 g • ⌀ 21 mm
F# 527, KM# 750, N# 8001
20 francs (essai de Gayrard)
1848

Pattern: November 1848 20-Franc Contest
Tin • 2.75 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Gad# 1046c, VG# 3025, Maz# 1250a, N# 243870
20 Francs (Boivin's Essai)
1848

Pattern
Gold • ⌀ 22 mm
Maz# 1242, VG# 3017, N# 395182
20 Francs (pattern of Alard)
1848

Pattern
Tin • 2.67 g • ⌀ 21 mm
VG# 3014 var., Maz# 1237 f var., Gad# 1036 d) var., N# 165367
20 Francs (pattern of Catel)
1848

Pattern
Tin • 2.75 g • ⌀ 21 mm
VG# 3020, Maz# 1245 a, Gad# 1041 b), N# 164611
20 Francs (pattern of Leclerc)
1848

Pattern
Tin • 2.62 g • ⌀ 21 mm
VG# 3027, N# 167857
20 Francs (essai pié-fort de Alard)
1848

Pattern
Bronze • 13 g • ⌀ 21 mm
VG# 3041, N# 194947
20 Francs (pattern of Alard)
1848

Pattern
Bronze • 4.47 g • ⌀ 21 mm
VG# 3041, N# 8068

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