Exonumia 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 • Capetian dynasty • Philip IV the Fair (1285-1314)

Counter Token - Type du double d'or de Philippe VI
ND (1303-1350)

Utility items › Counter token
Bronze • 2.52 g • ⌀ 29 mm
N# 108813

France • House of Valois • Charles V the Wise (1364-1380)

Token - Blanche de France
ND (1345-1392)

Utility items › Counter token
Bronze • 2 g • ⌀ 24 mm
LT# 328, N# 343149

France • House of Valois • Francis I (1515-1547)

Faux d'époque - François Ier - Douzain à la croisette
ND (1541)

Contemporary counterfeits › Contemporary counterfeit
Silver clad copper • 1.8 g • ⌀ 23 mm
Dy féodales# 927, N# 372968
Jeton de la noblesse de Normandie François Vatable abbé de Bellozane
ND

Utility items › Counter token
Copper • 4.6 g • ⌀ 29 mm
Feu# 6344, Corre# 4783, N# 347558
Jeton - Antoine de Bourbon - Duc de Vendômois
ND

Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Brass • 2.2 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Feu# 8264, Corre# 885, N# 377491
CHAMBRE DES COMPTES DU ROI François I
ND

Utility items › Counter token
Copper • 3.68 g • ⌀ 28 mm
N# 382554
Jeton, Éléonore d'Habsbourg, reine de France - "Micat absit gliari nisi in cruce"
ND

Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Tin • 4.8 g • ⌀ 28 mm
N# 349345

France • House of Valois • Henry II (1547-1559)

Jeton - Henri II et Catherine de Médicis
ND

Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Brass • 3.69 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Feu# 11620, N# 376515
Jeton - Henri II - Conseil du Roi
1552

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Brass • 3.64 g • ⌀ 27.5 mm
Feu# 8, N# 352933
Jeton Chambre des comptes du roi Henri II
1555

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 4.7 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Feu# 1720, N# 347865
Jeton - François II - Maison du Dauphin, Claude d'Urfé
1555

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Brass • 3.5 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Feu# 11120, N# 376084
Token - Henri II
ND (1556)

Utility items › Counter token
⌀ 28 mm
Feu# 11586, N# 32350

France • House of Valois • Francis II (1559-1560)

Jeton - François II - La Chambre des Comptes du Roi
1560

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 4.06 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 1728 var. date, N# 373510

France • House of Valois • Charles IX (1560-1574)

Charles IX - La Cour ou Chambre des Monnaies
ND

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Brass • 4 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Feu# 2150, N# 352870
Charles IX de Valois - Jeton, Victoria Gallia, Fortitudo
ND

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 2.5 g • ⌀ 27.8 mm
Feu# 11691 var., N# 347292
Jeton de compte Charles IX
ND

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 4.52 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 368758
Jeton - Charles IX - Fortuna et le Tempus
ND (1560-1574)

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 2.7 g • ⌀ 28 mm
N# 375923
Jeton - Charles IX - La Piété et la Justice
1561

Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Brass • 4.7 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Feu# 11663, N# 376516
Charles IX : Ecu de France
1567

Utility items › Counter token
3.77 g • ⌀ 2.7 mm
N# 303931
Charles IX - Chambre des Comptes du Roi
1570

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Brass • 3.3 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Feu# 1744, N# 352867
Jeton de compte Charles IX ville de Rouen 1571
1571

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 3.2 g • ⌀ 27.5 mm
N# 346952
JETON CHAMBRE DES COMPTES CHARLES IX 1572
1572

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 4.94 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 1748, N# 381133

France • House of Valois • Henry III (1574-1589)

Henri III, Ordre du Saint-Esprit n.d
ND

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Silver • 4.33 g • ⌀ 28 mm
F# 1606 var., N# 378018
Jeton - Henri III - "Decvs et Tvtamen in Armis"
ND

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Brass • 2.8 g • ⌀ 27 mm
N# 374406
Simon Maillé, archevêque de Tours - Jeton
1558

Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Brass • 3 g • ⌀ 27 mm
N# 334972
Token - Henri III - Chambre des comptes - Subducendis Rationibus
1574

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 4.57 g • ⌀ 27.81 mm
Feu# 1750, N# 317396
Token - Henri III
ND (1574-1588)

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Copper • 3.86 g • ⌀ 27.6 mm
Feu# 66, N# 344230
Jeton - Henri III - Rien sans le Conseil du Roi
ND (1574-1588)

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Brass • 4.50 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Feu# 66 var. métal, N# 378321
Token - Duc François d'Alençon - Chambre des comptes - Subducendis Rationibus
ND (1574-1589)

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 3.9 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 48769
Available for swap Token - Henri III (Melior Vigilantia Somno)
ND (1574-1589)

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 5.34 g • ⌀ 29.2 mm
N# 223934
Jeton - Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont - "AMOR ÆQVAT AMANTES"
1576

Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Brass • 5.4 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Feu# 11843, N# 354009
Available for swap Token - Henri III - Chambre des comptes - Subducendis Rationibus
1577

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 4.57 g • ⌀ 27.81 mm
Feu# 1756, N# 85343
Token - Henri III - Cour des monnaies - Hoc Opus Hic Labor
1577

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 4.4 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Feu# 2155, N# 177846
Jeton - Louis XIV - États de Bourgogne - Gouvernement du duc de Mayenne
1580

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Copper • 4.61 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Feu# après 9771, N# 335767
Jeton de Noblesse - Armand de Biron - "COELVM NON SOLVM
1583

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 4.6 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 11777, N# 349312
Token - Henri III - Chambre des comptes - Subducendis Rationibus
1583

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • ⌀ 27.50 mm
N# 148643
Jeton - Prévôt des marchands de Paris - Etienne de Neuilly
1585

Trade tokens › Local administration token
Brass • 5.2 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 3386 var.Avers, N# 355001
Jeton 1585 Mantes- Villes et noblesses d'Ile-de-France
1585

Utility items › Counter token
Bronze • 4.5 g • ⌀ 27.5 mm
Feu# 5989, N# 347974
Henri III - Jeton de la Chambre des Comptes - Principium et Finis
1586

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Brass • 5.60 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 1767, N# 347316
Jeton - Henri III - Jeton de la Chambre des Comptes - Mercure
1587

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Brass • 5.2 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Feu# 1769, N# 378685

France • House of Bourbon • Henry IV (1589-1610)

Denier tournois - Piéfort de poids quadruple
1607

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Copper • 7.08 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
CGKL# cf. 224, N# 247079
Jeton - Henri IV - États de Bourgogne - NIL NISI CONSILIO
ND

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Brass • 3.37 g • ⌀ 28.5 mm
Feu# –, N# 335773
Token - Henri IIII (Erunt duo incarne una)
ND

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 2.61 g • ⌀ 21 mm
N# 86147
HENRI IV LE GRAND Passe des monnayeurs de l’atelier de Châlons-en-Champagne 1591
1591

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Silver • 11.15 g • ⌀ 33.5 mm
F# 7855a, N# 390689
CLERGÉ ET ÉGLISES Charles II de Bourbon-Vendôme, archevêque 1591, Rouen
1591

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • 5.14 g • ⌀ 28.5 mm
F# cf 8266, N# 390690
Emmanuel de Lorraine, duc de Mercoeur 1593
1593

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • 4.64 g • ⌀ 27 mm
F# 8614var Date, N# 390624
Available for swap Token - Henry IV - Omnis Victoria Adno (date)
1593-1607

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 4.77 g • ⌀ 28.04 mm
Feu# 11860, Feu# 11851, N# 85344
Available for swap Token - Henry IV - Omnis Victoria Adno (without date)
ND (1593-1607)

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 11960, N# 26990
Jeton - Henri IV le Grand - Omnis Victoria a Domino
ND (1593-1607)

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 4.9 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 11960 var, N# 374865
DUCHÉ DE LORRAINE - CHARLES III LE GRAND DUC, 1594
1594

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • 5.01 g • ⌀ 28 mm
F# 7493var, Corre# 311, N# 390621
Henri IV - Duo Protegit Unus
1594

Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Brass • 4.1 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 11853, N# 334566
Jeton - Henri IV, Chambre des Comptes "Terras Astrae Revisit"
1596

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 5.80 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 1782, N# 353138
Jean Louis Nogaret de La Valette, duc d’Épernon 1597, Aquitaine.
1597

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • 6.92 g • ⌀ 27 mm
F# 11086, Corre# 2745, N# 390609
Jeton - Maire de Dijon - Bénigne Frémiot
1597

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Brass • 6.2 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 9983, Corre# 2001, N# 369110
Token - Henri IV (Siege of Amiens 1598)
1598

Utility items › Counter token: Siege of Amiens
Brass • ⌀ 28 mm
N# 176873
Token - Henri IV - Hoc Foedere Lilia Florent
ND (1600)

Commemorative medals › Institution medal: The King's marriage to Marie de Médicis
Brass • 5.2 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 1785, N# 326641
Jeton - Henri IV - Maison commune d'Orléans
1600

Trade tokens › Local administration token
Brass • 5.2 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 8107, N# 376087
Jeton - Henri IV - États de Bourgogne - L’espérance d’un siècle meilleur (laiton)
1600

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Brass • 5.09 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 9776, N# 335771
Jeton - Henri IV - États de Bourgogne - L’espérance d’un siècle meilleur
1600

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Silver • 5.66 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 9776 var., N# 335770
Jeton - Henri IV - "Saecli Melioris Origo"
1600

Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Brass • 5.6 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 11882 var., N# 354847
Henri IV - Jeton, la Paix relevant la Justice
1600

Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Brass • 3.9 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 11883, N# 341423
CHAMBRE DES COMPTES DU ROI - 1600
1600

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 5.5 g • ⌀ 27 mm
N# 348284
HENRI IV LE GRAND, "L’affaire Biron" 1602
1602

Commemorative medals › Event medal
Silver • 5 g • ⌀ 28 mm
F# 11888var, N# 390619
Token - Henri IV - Stat Prole Hac Altera Delos
1602

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Copper • 5.43 g • ⌀ 27 mm
N# 321405
Token - Henri IV - King's Council - Hoc Mihi Plebis Amor
1605

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Brass • 5.4 g • ⌀ 27 mm
N# 323641
Token - Jean Louis Nogaret de La Valette, duc d’Épernon
1607

Utility items › Counter token
Copper • 5.3 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 11086, Corre# 2747, CardeBo# 1812, N# 120597
Henri IV - Adversa Coronant
1608

Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Brass • 5.2 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 11915, N# 334571
Available for swap Token - Henri IV
1608

Utility items › Counter token
Copper • 4.4 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Feu# 11920, N# 140873
Token - Henri IV (Nicolas Briot)
1608

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • ⌀ 27.5 mm
N# 26952
Jeton - Archevêché de Reims - Louis III, cardinal de Guise
1609

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Brass • 6 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Corre# 2266, N# 355053
Jeton - Henri IV - "Caelum Lilio Lilium que Terris" variété
1609

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Brass • 4.6 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Feu# 11930, N# 348662
Token - Henri IV - Caelum Lilio Lilium que Terris
1609

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Copper • 4.80 g • ⌀ 28 mm
N# 318652

France • House of Bourbon • Louis XIII (1610-1643)

1⁄12 Ecu - Louis XIII (Prince of Catalonia)
1642

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Silver (.917) • 2.27 g • ⌀ 20 mm
KM# 109, N# 110668
¼ Ecu - Louis XIII (Count of Catalonia)
1642

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Silver (.917) • 6.81 g • ⌀ 26 mm
KM# 111, N# 110641
½ Ecu - Louis XIII (Count of Catalonia)
1642

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Silver (.917) • 13.62 g • ⌀ 31 mm
KM# 112, N# 110647
60 Sols - Louis XIII (Pattern)
1641

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Silver • 26.32 g
N# 268905
Ecu - Louis XIII (Count of Catalonia)
1642

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Silver (.917) • 27.24 g • ⌀ 38 mm
KM# 113, N# 110661
Ecu - Louis XIII (Prince of Catalonia)
1642

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Silver (.917) • 27.24 g • ⌀ 38 mm
KM# 114, N# 110662
Louis d'or - Louis XIII (Count of Catalonia)
1642

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Gold (.917) • 6.64 g • ⌀ 24 mm
KM# 121, N# 110675
Reproduction - 1⁄12 écu - Louis XIII
1642

Souvenir medals › Replica
Silver plated • 4 g • ⌀ 20 mm
N# 351516
Jeton - Louis XIII - "Protegit Vltra Rhenvm"
ND

Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Brass • 4.18 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Feu# 12201, N# 366855
Available for swap Token - Louis XIII (Le Juste)
ND

Utility items › Counter token
Copper • ⌀ 25 mm
Feu# 12264v, N# 50242
Jeton - Louis XIII - "Hoc Vinci Victore Iuvat" (non daté)
ND

Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Brass • 5.7 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Feu# 12269, N# 378748
Jeton - Louis XIII - "Hoc Cidere Lilia Floren"
ND

Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Copper • 6.1 g • ⌀ 27 mm
N# 376030
jeton - Louis XIII - "Ne Decipiaris Calcula"
ND

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 3.95 g • ⌀ 27 mm
N# 366646
Jeton - Louis XIII - Rétablissement de la France "Gallia Fvndata"
ND

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Brass • 5.5 g • ⌀ 27 mm
N# 375656
Jeton de compte - LOUIS XIII
ND

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 2.8 g • ⌀ 1 mm
N# 370096
Louis XIII - GRATVM QVO SOSPITE COELVM
ND

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 4.5 g • ⌀ 24.2 mm
N# 374505
Louis XIII - Ordinaire des Gerres
ND

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Copper • 6.68 g • ⌀ 27 mm
N# 403343
Token - Louis XIII (Hoc Sydere Lilia Florent)
ND

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 6.96 g • ⌀ 29.17 mm
N# 91216
Jeton - États de Bourgogne - Maire de Dijon - Étienne Humbert
1610

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Brass • 5.94 g • ⌀ 27.5 mm
Feu# 9991, N# 371380
Token - Louis XIII (Vivere Credit Amor)
ND (1610-1643)

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 4.7 g • ⌀ 27.3 mm
Feu# 12049, N# 99366
Available for swap Token - Louis XIII (Formido Rapacis)
ND (1610-1643)

Utility items › Counter token
Brass • 3.20 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Feu# 12240, N# 57537
Token - Louis XIII - King's Council - Death of Henri IV and Coronation of Louis XIII
1611

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Silver • ⌀ 27 mm
F# 104, N# 324674
Jeton Civitas Rothomagensis Louis XIII 1611
1611

Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Bronze • 5.8 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Feu# 6168, N# 346948
Available for swap Jeton - Louis XIII - États de Bourgogne - Les Élus contemplant le soleil
1611

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Brass • 5.85 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 9780, N# 335774
Jeton Louis XIII 1613
1613

Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Silver • 5.21 g • ⌀ 27 mm
F# 12065, N# 347157
Jeton Louis XIII 1613, variété avers Henri IV
1613

Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Silver • 4.21 g • ⌀ 27 mm
F# 12065 var, N# 347159
Jeton - Nicolas Poussepin, Échevin de Paris, 1613
1613

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Brass • 6.2 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 3776, Corre# 4073, N# 359972
Jeton - États de Bourgogne - Maire de Dijon - Jacques Bossuet
1613

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Brass • 6.43 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 9994, N# 371397

The Numista referees for exonumia of this issuer are abidbol and PLH28.

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