Banknotes 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

Available for swap 10 Sous (Assignat)
1792

Standard banknote
76 × 68 mm
P# A53, Lafaurie# 148, N# 211788
Available for swap 10 Sous (Assignat)
1792

Standard banknote
76 × 68 mm
P# A64, Lafaurie# 159, N# 355467
Available for swap 10 Sous (Assignat)
1793

Standard banknote
83 × 77 mm
P# A68, Lafaurie# 165, N# 348910
15 Sols (Assignat)
1792

Standard banknote
79 × 68 mm
P# A54, Lafaurie# 149, N# 385877
Available for swap 15 Sols (Assignat)
1792

Standard banknote
79 × 68 mm
P# A65, Lafaurie# 160, N# 208597
Available for swap 15 Sols (Assignat)
1793

Standard banknote
79 × 68 mm
P# A69, Lafaurie# 166, N# 385879
Available for swap 25 Sols (Assignat)
4 (1796)

Standard banknote
98 × 55 mm
Lafaurie# 150, P# A55, N# 211649
Available for swap 50 Sols (Assignat)
1792

Standard banknote
94 × 83 mm
P# A56, Lafaurie# 151, N# 386271
Available for swap 50 Sols (Assignat)
1793

Standard banknote
94 × 83 mm
P# A70, Lafaurie# 167, N# 206255
Available for swap 5 Livres (Assignat)
1791-1792

Standard banknote
96 × 63 mm
P# A42 / A49 / A50 / A57 / A60 / A61, Lafaurie# 137/144/145/152/155/156, KLD# 80, Muszynski# 36, Dewamin# 33, N# 201603
Available for swap 5 Livres (Assignat)
2 (1793)

Standard banknote
94 × 59 mm
P# A76, Lafaurie# 171, N# 210589
10 Livres (Banque Royale)
1720

Standard banknote
148 × 85 mm
Lafaurie# 93, P# A16b, P# A20, P# A22, N# 328583
10 Livres (Assignat)
1791

Standard banknote
112 × 80 mm
P# A51, Lafaurie# 146, N# 387655
Available for swap 10 Livres (Assignat)
1792

Standard banknote
112 × 80 mm
P# A66, Lafaurie# 161, N# 211789
25 Livres (Assignat)
1791

Standard banknote
130 × 73 mm
P# A52, Lafaurie# 147, N# 214373
25 Livres (Assignat)
1792

Standard banknote
130 × 73 mm
P# A67, Lafaurie# 162, N# 387658
Available for swap 25 Livres (Assignat)
1793

Standard banknote
127 × 75 mm
P# A71, Lafaurie# 168, N# 211790
50 Livres (Assignat)
1790-1792

Standard banknote
191 × 103 mm
P# A34, P# A43, P# A58, P# A62, Lafaurie# 129, Lafaurie# 138, Lafaurie# 153, Lafaurie# 157, N# 214296
50 Livres (Assignat)
1792

Standard banknote
185 × 108 mm
P# A72, Lafaurie# 164, N# 252631
60 Livres (Assignat)
1790-1791

Standard banknote
191 × 102 mm
P# A35, P# A44, Lafaurie# 130, Lafaurie# 139, N# 356179
70 Livres (Assignat)
1790

Standard banknote
191 × 102 mm
P# A36, Lafaurie# 131, N# 356281
80 Livres (Assignat)
1790

Standard banknote
191 × 102 mm
P# A37, Lafaurie# 132, N# 356282
90 Livres (Assignat)
1790

Standard banknote
191 × 102 mm
P# A38, Lafaurie# 133, N# 356283
100 Livres (Banque Royale)
1720

Standard banknote
174 × 102 mm
Lafaurie# 26, P# A17b, P# A21, N# 272954
100 Livres (Assignat)
1790-1791

Standard banknote
191 × 103 mm
P# A39, P# A45, Lafaurie# 140, N# 328505
125 Livres (Assignat)
2 (1793)

Standard banknote
156 × 91 mm
P# A74, Lafaurie# 169, N# 328506
200 Livres (Assignat)
1791-1792

Standard banknote

P# A47, P# A59, P# A63, N# 387854
250 Livres (Assignat)
2 (1793)

Standard banknote
164 × 100 mm
P# A75, Lafaurie# 170, KLD# 90, Muszynski# 46, Dewamin# 52, N# 201598
300 Livres (Assignat)
1791

Standard banknote

P# A48, N# 388815
400 Livres (Assignat)
1792

Standard banknote
187 × 110 mm
P# A68, Lafaurie# 163, N# 278137
500 Livres (Assignat)
1790-1791

Standard banknote
194 × 133 mm
P# A40, Lafaurie# 135, KLD# 62, Muszynski# 20, Dewamin# 6, P# A46, N# 202918
500 Livres (Assignat)
2 (1793)

Standard banknote
174 × 116 mm
P# A77, Lafaurie# 172, N# 215377
2000 Livres (Assignat)
1790

Standard banknote

P# A41, N# 388818

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

Available for swap 2 Francs - Allied Military Currency
1944

Standard banknote
78 × 67 mm
P# 114, Fay# VF.16, N# 204612
5 Francs (Mandat Territorial)
4 (1796)

Standard banknote

P# A87, N# 389110
5 Francs - Blue, black denomination (type 1871)
1871-1874

Standard banknote
125 × 80 mm
P# 60, Fay# 01, N# 203158
Available for swap 5 Francs - Violet (type 1917)
1905-1933

Standard banknote
125 × 80 mm
P# 72, Fay# 03, BDF# 191701, N# 206630
Available for swap 5 Francs - Blue (type 1905)
1906-1917

Standard banknote
125 × 80 mm
P# 70, Fay# 02, N# 206647
Available for swap 5 Francs - Violet (type 1917, modificated)
1939-1940

Standard banknote
125 × 80 mm
P# 83, Fay# 04, BDF# 191701, N# 203062
Available for swap 5 Francs (Berger)
1943-1947

Standard banknote
100 × 64 mm
P# 98, Fay# 05, N# 203073
Available for swap 5 Francs - Allied Military Currency
1944

Standard banknote
78 × 66 mm
P# 115, Fay# VF.17, N# 201686
Available for swap 10 Francs - Minerve (type 1915)
1916-1937

Standard banknote
138 × 88 mm
P# 73, Fay# 06, N# 206556
Available for swap 10 Francs - Minerve (type 1915 modificated)
1939-1942

Standard banknote
138 × 88 mm
P# 84, Fay# 07, N# 206551
Available for swap 10 Francs - Mineur (type 1941)
1941-1949

Standard banknote
118 × 75 mm
P# 99, Fay# 08, N# 204600
Available for swap 10 Francs - Allied Military Currency
1944

Standard banknote
78 × 67 mm
P# 116, Fay# VF.18, N# 206788
20 Francs - type 1871
1870-1873

Standard banknote
148 × 98 mm
Fay# A46, P# 55, N# 208592
20 Francs - Black (type 1873)
1874-1905

Standard banknote
150 × 100 mm
P# 61, Fay# 09, N# 206548
20 Francs - Bleu (type 1905)
1905-1913

Standard banknote
150 × 100 mm
P# 68, Fay# 10, N# 206547
20 Francs - Bayard (type 1916)
1916-1925

Standard banknote
160 × 95 mm
P# 74, Fay# 11, N# 206544
Available for swap 20 Francs "Travail et Science" (type 1940)
1939-1942

Standard banknote
160 × 97 mm
P# 92, Fay# 12, BDF# 194001, N# 206542

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