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 • New franc (1960-2001)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

Available for swap 1 Centime (5th republic)
1961-2001

Standard circulation coin
Stainless steel • 1.65 g • ⌀ 15 mm
F# 106, Gad# 91 / 91b, Schön# 225, KM# 928, GEM# 4.6 / 4.8 / 4.12 / 4.13, N# 1
Available for swap 1 Centime (Épi, piédfort en acier)
1962-1985

Pattern
Stainless steel • 3.3 g • ⌀ 15 mm
GEM# 4.P1, N# 197760
1 Centime (5th republic, gold pattern)
1962-1992

Pattern
Gold (.920) • 7.50 g • ⌀ 15 mm
F# 106P, GEM# 4.P3, N# 126103
Available for swap 1 Centime (5th republic, silver pattern)
1962-1992

Pattern
Silver (.950) • 4.4 g • ⌀ 15 mm
F# 106P, KM# 928, Gad# 91, GEM# 4.P2, N# 78629
1 centime Épi (Piéfort en platine)
1988-1992

Pattern
Platinum (.999) • 9.2 g • ⌀ 15 mm
GEM# 4.P4, N# 197849
1 Centime (5th republic, Gold)
2000-2001

Non-circulating coin
Gold (.750) • 2.5 g • ⌀ 15 mm
F# 106 var., Gad# 91a, KM# 928a, N# 55117
2 Centimes (Essai de frappe en aluminium)
ND (1959)

Pattern
Aluminium • 0.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
GEM# 8.1, N# 198095
2 centimes Epi (Epreuve en bronze, grand module)
1959

Pattern
Bronze • 3 g • ⌀ 19 mm
GEM# 8.3, N# 198274
2 centimes Epi (Epreuve en acier, grand module)
1959

Pattern
Steel • 2.6 g • ⌀ 19 mm
GEM# 8.4, N# 198276
2 Centimes (Epreuve en cupronickel, grand module)
1959

Pattern
Copper-nickel • 3.4 g • ⌀ 19 mm
GEM# 8.5, N# 198278
2 Centimes (Epreuve en aluminium, grand module)
1959

Pattern
Aluminium • 0.9 g • ⌀ 19 mm
GEM# 8.6, N# 198280
2 Centimes Epi (Pré-série double revers en acier)
1960

Pattern
Stainless steel • 2.9 g • ⌀ 17 mm
GEM# 8.7, N# 198302
2 Centimes (5th republic, pattern)
1960-1961

Pattern
Stainless steel
F# 111, KM# A933, GEM# 8.8 / 8.10, Gad# 108, N# 14692
5 centimes Epi (Essai de frappe en cupro-aluminium)
1959

Pattern
Copper-aluminium • 2.5 g • ⌀ 18 mm
GEM# 21.2, N# 200006
5 centimes Epi (Pré-série, petit module, listel large)
1960

Pattern
Stainless steel • 2.5 g • ⌀ 18 mm
GEM# 21.6, N# 200019
Available for swap 5 Centimes (5th republic)
1960-1964

Standard circulation coin
Stainless steel • 3.4 g • ⌀ 19 mm
F# 124, Gad# 172, KM# 927, GEM# 21.7 / 21.8 / 21.13, N# 689
5 Centimes (Stainless steel Specimen Piefort)
1961

Pattern
Stainless steel • 6.6 g • ⌀ 19 mm
GEM# 21.EP, GEM# 21.P1, KM# PE335, N# 200158
5 centime Epi (Piéfort en argent)
1961

Pattern
Silver (.950) • 9 g • ⌀ 19 mm
GEM# 21.P2, N# 200162
5 centime Epi (Piéfort en or)
1961

Pattern
Gold (.920) • 15.5 g • ⌀ 19 mm
GEM# 21.P3, N# 200173
5 Centimes (Projet en acier inoxydable de Joly, 1er projet, petit module)
1962

Pattern
Stainless steel • 3.4 g • ⌀ 19 mm
GEM# 20.1, N# 199857
5 centimes (Projet en acier inoxydable de Joly, 1er projet, grand module)
1962

Pattern
Stainless steel • 8.8 g • ⌀ 28 mm
GEM# 20.2, N# 199859
5 centimes (Projet en acier inoxydable de Joly, 2è projet, petit module)
1962

Pattern
Stainless steel • 3.4 g • ⌀ 19 mm
GEM# 20.3, N# 199861
5 centimes (Projet en acier inoxydable de Joly, 2è projet, grand module)
1962-1964

Pattern
Stainless steel • 8.8 g • ⌀ 28 mm
GEM# 20.4 / 20.6, N# 199862
5 centimes (Projet hybride en acier inoxydable de Joly, grand module)
ND (1964)

Pattern
Stainless steel • 8.9 g • ⌀ 28 mm
GEM# 20.5, N# 199866
Available for swap 5 centimes Marianne (Essai en or)
1966

Pattern
Gold (.920) • 4.35 g • ⌀ 17 mm
GEM# 22.9, N# 200205
Available for swap 5 centimes Marianne (Epreuve en acier)
1966

Pattern
Stainless steel • 2.37 g • ⌀ 16.8 mm
GEM# 22.10, N# 200207
Available for swap 5 Centimes Marianne (Piéfort Bronze-Aluminium)
1966-1985

Pattern
Copper-aluminium-nickel • 4 g • ⌀ 17 mm
F# 125P, Gad# 174P, GEM# 22.P1, N# 166238
Available for swap 5 Centimes Marianne (Piéfort or)
1966-1985

Pattern
Gold (.920) • 8.7 g • ⌀ 17 mm
F# 125P, G# 174P, KM# P466, GEM# 22.P3, N# 166255
5 Centimes Marianne (Silver piedfort)
1966-1992

Pattern
Silver (.950) • 5 g • ⌀ 17 mm
F# 125P, GEM# 22.P2, N# 166236
Available for swap 5 Centimes
1966-2001

Standard circulation coin
Copper-aluminium-nickel • 2 g • ⌀ 17 mm
F# 125, Gad# 175, Schön# 228, KM# 933, GEM# 22.11, N# 2
Available for swap 5 Centimes Marianne (Piéfort cupro-aluminium-nickel)
1973-1975

Pattern
Copper-aluminium-nickel • 4 g • ⌀ 17 mm
F# 125P, G# 174P, N# 166243
Available for swap 10 Centimes (Piedfort)
1962-1982

Pattern
Aluminium bronze • 5.83 g • ⌀ 20 mm
F# 144P, N# 126138
Available for swap 10 Centimes
1962-2001

Standard circulation coin
Copper-aluminium-nickel • 3 g • ⌀ 20 mm
KM# 929, Gad# 293, Schön# 229, F# 144, N# 3
10 Centimes Marianne (Piéfort Argent)
1971-1984

Pattern
Silver (.950) • 7.60 g • ⌀ 20 mm
F# 144P, G# 293P, N# 166262
10 Centimes Marianne (Piéfort Or)
1974-1979

Pattern
Gold (.920) • 12.75 g • ⌀ 20 mm
F# 144P, Gad# 293P, KM# P493, N# 166267
20 Centimes (Essai)
1961

Pattern
Aluminium bronze • 4 g • ⌀ 23.5 mm
KM# E105, N# 33608
20 Centimes (Essai)
1961

Pattern
Aluminium bronze • 4 g • ⌀ 23.5 mm
KM# E106, N# 33610
20 Centimes (Essai)
1961

Pattern
Aluminium bronze • 4 g • ⌀ 23.5 mm
KM# E107, N# 33613
20 centimes 1961 (essai de Baron)
1961

Pattern
Aluminium bronze • 4 g • ⌀ 23.5 mm
N# 95075
20 centimes 1961 (essai de Cochet)
1961

Pattern
Aluminium bronze • 4 g • ⌀ 23.5 mm
N# 95072
20 centimes 1961 (essai de Coëffin)
1961

Pattern
Aluminium bronze • 4 g • ⌀ 23.5 mm
N# 95074
Essai 20 centimes 1961 " Concours de Rousseau "
1961

Pattern
Copper-aluminium-nickel • 4 g • ⌀ 23.5 mm
N# 45557
Available for swap 20 Centimes (Piedfort)
1962-1985

Pattern
Copper-aluminium-nickel • 8 g • ⌀ 23.5 mm
F# 156P, Gad# 332P, GEM# 56.P1, N# 119362
Available for swap 20 Centimes
1962-2001

Standard circulation coin
Copper-aluminium-nickel • 4 g • ⌀ 23.5 mm
F# 156, Gad# 332, Schön# 230, KM# 930, N# 4
Available for swap 20 centimes Marianne (Piéfort argent)
1971-1990

Pattern
Silver (.950) • 10.27 g • ⌀ 23.5 mm
F# 156P, N# 166198
50 centimes Marianne (Piéfort Cupro-nickel alu)
1962

Pattern
Copper-aluminium-nickel • 14 g • ⌀ 25 mm
F# 197/3P, GEM# 89.P1, N# 383867
50 centimes Marianne (Essai-Piéfort bronze-aluminium)
1962

Pattern
Copper-aluminium-nickel • 13.41 g • ⌀ 25 mm
F# 197P, GEM# 89.EP, N# 166604
Available for swap 50 Centimes
1962-1964

Standard circulation coin
Copper-aluminium-nickel • 7 g • ⌀ 24.95 mm
F# 197, Gad# 427, KM# 939, Schön# 231, N# 692
Available for swap ½ Franc (signature "O. Roty")
1964-2001

Standard circulation coin
Nickel-steel • 4.5 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
F# 198, Gad# 429, KM# 931.1, Schön# 232, N# 5
Available for swap ½ franc Semeuse (Piéfort nickel)
1965-1982

Pattern
Nickel • 9 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
F# 198P, N# 166605

The Numista referee for coins of this issuer is Goldxi65.

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