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 • Livre tournois (987-1795)

2 Deniers = 1 Double / Patac • 3 Deniers = 1 Liard / Hardi • 20 Deniers = 1 Gros Florette = 2 Blancs / Dizains / Guénars • 12 Deniers = 2 Sizains = 1 Large Blanc / Gros / Sol / Douzain • 20 Sols = 2 Testons = 1 Livre • 1 Ecu = 1-9 LT • 1 Louis = 10-36 LT

Obole - Philippe IV (O LONG).
ND (1290-1295)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.270 silver) • ⌀ 15 mm
Ciani# 227, LP# 231, Dy royales# 226, N# 396712
Obole - Philippe IV
ND (1311)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.5 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Dy royales# 233, N# 54607
Obole Tournois - Charles VI
ND (1393-1422)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.089 silver) • 0.783 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Dy royales# 395, N# 39216
Obole tournois - Charles VII dit "Le Victorieux"
ND (1447)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.590) • 0.75 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Dy royales# 533A, N# 153252
Obol Tournois - Louis XI (1st type)
ND (1461-1483)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.43 g • ⌀ 13 mm
Dy royales# 564, N# 337792
Available for swap Obol - Louis XI (Type 2)
ND (1467)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.81 g • ⌀ 13.5 mm
Dy royales# 565, N# 65414
Denier Coronat - Charles VIII
ND (1483-1498)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.5 g • ⌀ 14.5 mm
Dy royales# 615, N# 81703
Vaquette - Louis XIII (2nd type)
1612-1630

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.026 silver) • 0.784 g • ⌀ 11 mm
Dy royales# 1356, N# 37347
Vaquette - Louis XIII (3rd type)
1641-1642

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.206 silver) • 0.784 g • ⌀ 11 mm
Dy royales# 1357, N# 37348
Vaquette - Louis XIII (1st type)
ND (1642)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.206 silver) • 0.784 g • ⌀ 11 mm
Dy royales# 1355, N# 37346
Denier - Louis VII 1st type (Mantes mint)
ND (1137-1180)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.94 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Ciani# 126, LP# 150, Dy royales# 139, N# 396148
Denier tournois - Philip II Augustus (1st type)
ND (1204-1220)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.79 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Dy royales# 176, N# 141585
Denier - Philip II (Guingamp)
ND (1206-1213)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.82 g • ⌀ 18.8 mm
Dy féodales# 69, Jez# P16, Dy royales# 182, N# 198260
Denier Tournois - Philip II Augustus (2nd type)
ND (1220-1223)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.85 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Dy royales# 177, N# 79304
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Louis VIII / Louis IX (TVRONVS)
ND (1223-1245)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Dy royales# 187, N# 33585
Denier Tournois - Louis VIII / Louis IX (TVRONIS)
ND (1223-1245)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.88 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Dy royales# 188, LP# 196, N# 73609
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Louis IX
ND (1240-1270)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.97 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
Dy royales# 193, N# 42076
Available for swap Denier tournois - Philippe III dit "le Hardi"
ND (1270-1280)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.299 silver) • 1.127 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Dy royales# 204, N# 74377
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Philippe IV
ND (1285-1310)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.299 silver) • 1.127 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Dy royales# 223, N# 13366
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Philippe IV
ND (1290-1295)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.229 silver) • 1.127 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Dy royales# 225, N# 56725
Bourgeois simple (ou faible) - Philippe IV
ND (1311)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.279 silver) • 0.78 g • ⌀ 19.1 mm
Dy royales# 232, LP# 237, Ciani# 233, N# 211200
Denier Tournois - Louis X
ND (1314-1316)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.6 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Dy royales# 236, N# 55529
Denier Parisis - Philip VI (Type 2)
ND (1343)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.112 g
Dy royales# 275, LP# 277, N# 300687
Denier Tournois - John II (2nd type)
ND (1354)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.88 g • ⌀ 19.7 mm
Dy royales# 338, N# 337795
Denier Tournois - John II (3rd type)
ND (1355)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.119 silver) • 0.62 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Dy royales# 339, N# 133797
½ Niquet or léopard - Henri V
ND (1421)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.059 silver) • 1.06 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Dy royales# 442, N# 90606
Denier Tournois - Charles VII
ND (1422-1461)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.179 silver) • 1.019 g • ⌀ 20.5 mm
Dy royales# 497, N# 8627
Denier tournois - Henri VI
ND (1423)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.119 silver) • 0.96 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
Dy royales# 449, N# 90592
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Charles VII
ND (1447)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.8 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Dy royales# 531b, N# 57172
Denier Tournois - Louis XI
ND (1461)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.1 g • ⌀ 16 mm
Dy royales# 563, N# 57176
Denier Tournois - Charles VIII
ND (1483)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.079 silver) • 0.75 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Dy royales# 605, N# 39081
Denier Tournois - Charles VIII
ND (1483-1498)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.079 silver) • 1.13 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Dy royales# 605, N# 38948
Denier Tournois - Louis XII
ND (1498-1514)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.079 silver) • 0.97 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
Dy royales# 684, N# 33602
Denier Tournois - François I (2nd type)
ND (1515-1547)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.059 silver) • 0.68 g • ⌀ 16 mm
Dy royales# 870, N# 39082
Available for swap Denier Bourdelais - François I
ND (1518-1520)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.047 silver) • 0.784 g • ⌀ 13 mm
Dy royales# 879, N# 57328
Denier coronat de Provence
ND (1527-1529)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.039 silver) • 0.61 g • ⌀ 14 mm
Dy royales# 878, N# 241843
Available for swap Denier Tournois - François I (1st type)
ND (1530-1532)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.066 silver) • 1 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Dy royales# 869, N# 39083
Available for swap Denier Tournois - François I
ND (1541)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.059 silver) • 0.54 g • ⌀ 14.5 mm
Dy royales# 936, N# 39080
Denier Tournois of Dauphiné with crosslet - Francis I (1st type)
ND (1547)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.82 g • ⌀ 16 mm
Dy royales# 939, N# 139141
Denier Tournois of Dauphiné - Henry II
ND (1547-1559)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.61 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Dy royales# 1009, N# 381189
Denier Tournois - Francois I (2nd type)
1575

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 0.66 g • ⌀ 15.5 mm
Dy royales# 873, Ciani# 1194, LP# 733, N# 8226
Denier Tournois - Henri III (Rennes)
1577-1588

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 102, N# 57279
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Henri III (Paris; 1st type)
1577-1589 (1577-1593)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 90 ; 92 ; 94, Dy royales# 1153 ; 1171, N# 57061
Denier Tournois - Henri III (Dijon)
1578-1580

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 46, N# 56969
Denier Tournois - Henri III (Dauphiné; Z on reverse)
1578-1581

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 142, N# 57314
Denier Tournois - Henri III (Nantes; 1st type)
1578-1584

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 76, N# 56995
Denier Tournois - Henri III (Troyes)
1585-1588 (1578-1588)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 136, N# 57303
Denier Tournois - Henri III (Bourges)
ND (1579-1580)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 38, N# 56962
Denier Tournois - Henri III (La Rochelle; 1st type)
1579-1581

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 58, N# 56979
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Henri III (Rouen)
1579-1593

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CGKL# 114, N# 57285
Denier Tournois - Henri III (Bayonne; left portrait)
1580-1581

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 22, N# 56933
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Henri III (Poitiers)
1580-1587

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 98, N# 57266
Denier Tournois - Henri III (Bayonne; right portrait)
1580-1588

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 24, N# 56934
Denier Tournois - Henri III (Tours)
1580-1589

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 132, N# 57301
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Henri III (Dijon)
1584-1590

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 48, N# 56971
Denier Tournois - Henri III (Dauphiné; Type A; Z on obverse)
1585

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 144a, N# 57315
Denier Tournois - Henri III (Lyon; 1st type)
1585-1587

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 68, N# 56989
Denier Tournois - Henri III (Saint-Lô; 2nd type)
1585-1589

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 122, N# 57289
Denier Tournois - Henri III (Dauphiné; Type B)
1586

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 144b, N# 57316
Denier Tournois - Henri III (Amiens)
1588-1589

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 8, N# 56917
Denier Tournois - Henri III (Dauphiné; Type C)
1588-1589

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 144c, N# 57317
Denier Tournois - Henri IV (Tours)
1590-1592

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 244, N# 57807
Denier Tournois - Charles X (Troyes)
1590-1594

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 152, N# 57594
Denier Tournois - Charles X (Dijon)
1590-1595

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 148, N# 57591
Denier Tournois - Henri IV (Dieppe; Latin text)
1593-1594

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 186, N# 57603
Denier Tournois - Henri III (Toulouse)
1595

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 126, N# 57297
Denier Tournois - Henri IV (Paris)
1598-1610

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 224a, KM# 15, N# 57787
Denier Tournois - Henri IV (Lyon; Type A)
1606-1611

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 206a, N# 57625
Denier Tournois - Henri IV (Dauphiné)
1607

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 256, N# 57819
Denier Tournois - Henri IV (Dauphiné)
1607-1608

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 254, KM# 32, N# 57818
Denier Tournois - Henri IV (Nantes)
1609-1610

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 218, N# 57749
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Nantes; 1st type)
1610-1614

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 382, KM# 42.7, N# 52453
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Bordeaux; 1st type)
1610-1621

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 300, KM# 42.4, N# 52176
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Toulouse)
1611-1612

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 438, Dy royales# 1361, KM# 42.5, N# 52647
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Lyon; 1st type)
1611-1615

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 360, KM# 42.2, N# 52326
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Paris; 1st type)
1611-1621

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 400, Ciani# 1725, Dy royales# 1359, KM# 42.1, N# 52494
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Aix; 1st type)
1612-1613

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.5 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 260, N# 52140
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Lyon; 2nd type)
1613-1615

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 362, KM# 42.2, N# 52328
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Amiens)
1614-1616

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.5 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 268, KM# 42.8, N# 52146
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Nantes; 2nd type)
1614-1616

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 384, N# 52455
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Lyon; 3rd type)
1617-1618

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 364, KM# 42.2, N# 52330
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Villeneuve; 1st type)
1617-1618

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 498, KM# 42.6, N# 52776
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Poitiers; 1st type)
1618-1622

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 416, KM# 42.3, N# 52507
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Villeneuve; 2nd type)
1621

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 500, N# 52777
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Paris; 2nd type)
1621-1626

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 402, Dy royales# 1363, N# 52495
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Riom; 1st type)
1624-1625

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 428, N# 52533
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Riom mint; 2nd type)
1624-1626

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 430, N# 52534
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Paris mint; 3rd type)
1625-1631

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 404, N# 52496
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Villeneuve mint; 3rd type)
1626

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 502, N# 52778
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Poitiers mint; 2nd type)
1626-1627

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 418, N# 52522
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Paris mint; 4th type)
1627

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 406, N# 52499
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Bordeaux mint; 2nd type)
1627-1628

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 302, N# 52177
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Lyon mint; 4th type)
1627-1628

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 366, N# 52331
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Paris mint; 5th type)
1630

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 408, N# 52500
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Tours mint)
1631-1635

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 478, N# 52737
Denier Tournois - Louis XIII (Navarre/Saint-Palais mint)
1635

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
CGKL# 510, N# 52796
Available for swap Double Tournois - Louis XIII (La Rochelle)
1639

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.91 g • ⌀ 19.2 mm
CGKL# 332 (C1), Dy royales# 1373 var., N# 380418
Available for swap Denier Tournois - Louis XIV
1648-1649

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.631 g • ⌀ 15.5 mm
CGKL# 552, KM# 167, Dy royales# 1586, Ciani# 2006, GadR# 70, N# 1994
Available for swap Double Tournois - Philip IV (1st type)
ND (1295-1303)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.399 silver) • 1.10 g • ⌀ 20.5 mm
Dy royales# 229, N# 47600
Double Tournois - Philippe VI (1st type)
ND (1337-1340)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.209 silver) • 1.359 g • ⌀ 23 mm
Dy royales# 271, LP# 274b, Ciani# 320, N# 56726

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