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

10 Francs (Century of Physics)
2000

Non-circulating coin: The 20th Century - Scientific advances
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1217, N# 118953
10 Francs (Communications)
2000

Non-circulating coin: 20th century
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1218, N# 169310
Available for swap 10 Francs (The Automobile)
2000

Non-circulating coin: 20th Century
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1219, N# 19291
Available for swap 10 Francs (Flight)
2000

Non-circulating coin: 20th Century
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1220, N# 19292
Available for swap 10 Francs (Space Travel)
2000

Non-circulating coin: 20th Century
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1221, N# 19288
10 Francs / Parisii Stater
2000

Non-circulating coin: 2000th Anniversary of French Coinage
Silver (.900) • 22.20 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1229, N# 126880
Available for swap 10 Francs Denier of Charlemagne
2000

Non-circulating coin: 2000th Anniversary of French Coinage
Silver (.900) • 22.20 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1230, N# 126881
10 Francs / Ecu d'Or - Louis IX
2000

Non-circulating coin: 2000th Anniversary of French Coinage
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1231, N# 71939
10 Francs (Yves St. Laurent)
2000

Non-circulating coin: Yves St. Laurent
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1235, N# 19226
Available for swap 10 Francs (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
2000

Non-circulating coin: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1263, N# 19290
Available for swap 10 Francs
2000

Non-circulating coin: Marianne
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1400, N# 40732
Available for swap 10 Francs (Lagriffoul)
2000

Non-circulating coin: Marianne de Lagriffoul.
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1401, N# 21711
Available for swap 10 Francs / Franc à Cheval of Jean II Le Bon
2000

Non-circulating coin: 2000th Anniversary of French Coinage
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1968, N# 71940
10 Francs (Henri III)
2000

Non-circulating coin: King Henri III of France.
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1969, N# 30900
Available for swap 10 Francs (Coinage - Louis XIII)
2000

Non-circulating coin: 2000 Years of French Coinage
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1970, N# 169313
Available for swap 10 Francs ("La Marianne" by Jules-Clément Chaplain)
2000

Non-circulating coin: Marianne by Jules Chaplain.
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1971, N# 40733
Available for swap 10 Francs (Palace of Versailles)
2001

Non-circulating coin: Monuments de France
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1268, N# 19149
Available for swap 10 Francs (Champs-Elysees)
2001

Non-circulating coin: Arch of Triumph
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1270, N# 19172
10 Francs (Notre Dame)
2001

Non-circulating coin: Notre Dame Cathedral
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1272, N# 19175
Available for swap 10 Francs (Eiffel Tower)
2001

Non-circulating coin: Eiffel Tower
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 1274, N# 19176
20 Francs - V republic (Hercule)
1973

Pattern
Silver (.900) • 30 g • ⌀ 41 mm
F# 402A, N# 161470
Available for swap 20 Francs (Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte)
1991-1993

Non-circulating coin: Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
Gold (.900) • 6.45 g • ⌀ 21 mm
N# 8698
20 Francs (Mont Saint Michel)
1992

Non-circulating coin
Trimetallic: gold (.750) core, silver (.950) middle ring and gold (.750) outer ring • 12.66 g • ⌀ 27 mm
KM# 1008.2a, N# 169372
20 Francs (Mont Saint Michel)
1992

Non-circulating coin
Trimetallic: gold (.920) core, gold (.750) middle ring and gold (.920) outer ring • 16.46 g • ⌀ 27 mm
KM# 1008.2b, N# 169370
Available for swap 20 Francs
1992-2001

Standard circulation coin
Trimetallic: copper-aluminium-nickel core, nickel middle ring and copper-aluminium-nickel outer ring • 9 g • ⌀ 27 mm
F# 403, Schön# 260, KM# 1008, Gad# 871, N# 10
Available for swap 20 francs Mont Saint Michel (tranche lisse)
1992-2001

Non-circulating coin
Trimetallic: copper-aluminium-nickel core, nickel middle ring and copper-aluminium-nickel outer ring • 9 g • ⌀ 27 mm
KM# 1008, F# 403 var., Gad# 871a, N# 267001
Available for swap 20 Francs (Mediterranean Games)
1993

Circulating commemorative coin: 1993 Mediterranean Games, Languedoc-Roussillon
Trimetallic: copper-aluminium-nickel core, nickel middle ring and copper-aluminium-nickel outer ring • 9 g • ⌀ 27 mm
F# 404, Schön# 308, KM# 1016, Gad# 872, N# 25
Available for swap 20 Francs (Pierre de Coubertin)
1994

Circulating commemorative coin: 100th Anniversary of the International Olympic Comittee
Trimetallic: copper-aluminium-nickel core, nickel middle ring and copper-aluminium-nickel outer ring • 9 g • ⌀ 27 mm
F# 405, Schön# 340, KM# 1036, Gad# 873, N# 26
Available for swap 50 Francs
1974-1980

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.900) • 30 g • ⌀ 41 mm
F# 426, F# 427, Gad# 882, Schön# 237, KM# 941, N# 681
Available for swap 50 Francs Hercule (Piefort)
1974-1980

Pattern
Silver (.925) • 60 g • ⌀ 41 mm
F# 427P, N# 195611
50 Francs (Gold piedfort issue)
1974-1980

Pattern
Gold (.920) • 102.83 g • ⌀ 41 mm
KM# P510, KM# P537, KM# P564, KM# P591, KM# P620, KM# P651, KM# P681, N# 79269
50 Francs (Platinum Piefort)
1974-1980

Pattern
Platinum (.999) • 122.63 g • ⌀ 41 mm
KM# P511, KM# P538, KM# P565, KM# P592, KM# P621, KM# P652, KM# P682, N# 182149
50 Francs (Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte)
1991-1993

Non-circulating coin: Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
Gold (.900) • 16.12 g • ⌀ 28 mm
N# 8699
50 Francs (World Cup)
1996

Non-circulating coin: 1998 World Cup, France
Gold (.920) • 8.4521 g • ⌀ 22 mm
KM# 1145, N# 8665
50 Francs (Treasures of the Nile)
1998

Non-circulating coin: Treasure of the Nile
Gold (.920) • 8.45 g • ⌀ 22.00 mm
KM# 1208, N# 89869
50 Francs (150th Anniversary French Postage Stamps)
1999

Non-circulating coin: 150th Anniversary French Postage Stamps
Gold (.920) • 8.45 g • ⌀ 22 mm
KM# 1958, N# 159787
50 Francs (Yves Saint-Laurent)
2000

Non-circulating coin
Gold (.920) • 8.45 g • ⌀ 22 mm
KM# 1236, N# 169373
65.5957 Francs (Europa)
1999-2001

Non-circulating coin: Europa Series
Gold (.920) • 8.45 g • ⌀ 22 mm
KM# 1256, N# 71352
100 franc Panthéo (piéfort argent)
1982

Pattern
Silver (.900) • 30 g • ⌀ 31 mm
F# 451P, KM# P751, N# 203782
100 francs Panthéon (pié-fort platine)
1982-1989

Pattern
Platinum (.999) • 62 g • ⌀ 31 mm
F# 451P, KM# P753, KM# P796, KM# P928, KM# P961, KM# P970, KM# P990, KM# P998, KM# P1007, N# 195617
100 Francs (Panthéon; Gold piedfort issue)
1982-1989

Pattern
Gold (.920) • 53.79 g • ⌀ 31 mm
KM# P752, KM# P795, KM# P927, KM# P960, KM# P989, N# 195615
Available for swap 100 Francs
1982-2001

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.900) • 15 g • ⌀ 31 mm
F# 451, KM# 951.1, Gad# 898, N# 11
100 Francs (Marie Curie)
1984

Non-circulating coin: 50th Anniversary of the Death of Marie Curie
Gold (.920) • 17 g • ⌀ 31 mm
F# 452 var., KM# 955b, N# 8695
100 Francs (Trial)
1984

Pattern: 50th anniversary of Marie-Curie's death in Passy
Silver (.900) • 15 g • ⌀ 31 mm
F# 452/1, N# 325569
Available for swap 100 Francs (Marie Curie)
1984

Circulating commemorative coin: 50th Anniversary of the Death of Marie Curie
Silver (.900) • 15 g • ⌀ 31 mm
F# 452/2, KM# 955, Gad# 899, N# 27
100 Francs (Marie Curie, piedfort argent)
1984

Pattern: Fiftieth anniversary of the death of Marie Curie (1934-1984).
Silver (.925) • 30 g • ⌀ 31 mm
F# 452P, N# 195619
100 Francs (Panthéon, piedfort or)
1984

Pattern: Fiftieth anniversary of the death of Marie Curie (1934-1984).
Gold (.920) • 53.7 g • ⌀ 31 mm
F# 452P, Gad# 899P, N# 195620
100 Francs (Panthéon, piedfort platine)
1984

Pattern
Platinum • ⌀ 31 mm
F# 452P, N# 195621
Available for swap 100 Francs (Germinal)
1985

Circulating commemorative coin: 100th Anniversary of Emile Zola's novel "Germinal"
Silver (.900) • 15 g • ⌀ 31 mm
F# 453, KM# 957, Gad# 900, N# 28
100 Francs (Germinal)
1985

Non-circulating coin: Centenary of the novel Germinal by Emile Zola (1885-1985).
Gold (.920) • 17 g • ⌀ 31 mm
F# 453 var., KM# 957b, N# 85335

The Numista referee for coins of this issuer is Goldxi65.

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