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 • Personality or portrait medal

Token - Edme Ferry - Maire de Beaune (Noblesse et villes)
1651

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 6.5 g • ⌀ 27 mm
N# 168000
Jeton - Île de France - Ville de Paris - Nicolas Phelippes, Maître d’hôtel du Roi
1652

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 6.1 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 3789, Corre# 3960, N# 369097
Token - Mayors of Dijon (Marc-Antoine Millotet)
1653-1654

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 4.5 g • ⌀ 26.5 mm
Corre# 3484, N# 243996
Token - Archevêché de Lyon - Camille de Neufville de Villeroy
ND (1653-1693)

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 1.95 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Feu# 10702, N# 62357
Token - Archevêche de Lyon - Camille de Neufville de Villeroy
ND (1653-1693)

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 57456
Token - États de Bourgogne (Maire de Dijon Jacques Soirot)
1654

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 10036, N# 146172
Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - Jean Fournier, sieur de la Pinsonnière
1655

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Brass • 6.34 g • ⌀ 26.5 mm
F# 8863, Corre# 1949, N# 324851
Token - Maire d'Angers
1655

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • 6.28 g • ⌀ 26.9 mm
Feu# 8455, N# 44709
Jeton - États de Bourgogne - Maire de Dijon - Jean Siredey
1656

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 6 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 10038, N# 371421
Token - Grand aumônier de France - Antoine Barberini
1656

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • ⌀ 29 mm
Feu# 3928, N# 45932
Token - Antoine de la Porte Echevin
1657

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 6.6 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 3800-3801, N# 142321
Token - États de Bourgogne (Maire de Dijon Jacques Boussuet)
1657

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 7.2 g • ⌀ 27 mm
N# 149304
Token - Louis Longuet - Treasurer of the Extraordinaire des guerres - Iovem iam Libera Poscit (silver)
1658

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • 6.30 g • ⌀ 27 mm
N# 160263
Jeton - États de Bourgogne - Maire de Dijon - Pierre Comeau
1659

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 6 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 10041, N# 371427
Jeton - États de Bourgogne - Maire de Dijon - Hugues de La Croix
1660

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Brass • 8 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Feu# 10042, N# 369096
JETON MAXIMILIEN DE BETHUNE DE SULLY D'HENRICHEMONT
1660

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 7.84 g • ⌀ 28 mm
N# 359330
Token - États de Bourgogne (Maire de Dijon Jacques de Frasans)
1662

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 10044, N# 146249
Jeton - Maire de Nantes [44] - Louis Macé
1663

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 6.7 g • ⌀ 29.7 mm
A# 3342S, N# 399530
Jeton Louis XIV - FACTIS. MIRACVLA. FIRMAT. 1663
1663

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • ⌀ 27.7 mm
F# 12569, N# 352159
Token - Louis XIIII - Factis Miracula Firmat
1663

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 6.23 g • ⌀ 27.5 mm
Gueant# 248A, N# 156473
Token - États de Bourgogne (Maire de Dijon Pierre Guillaume)
1663

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 10045, N# 146255
Token - Daniel Voisyn de la Noiraye, maître des requêtes, Prévôt des Marchands (Ile de France)
1664

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • 6.30 g • ⌀ 27.5 mm
Feu# 3594, N# 287711
Villes et noblesse - Jean Le Vieulx, premier échevin et consul, receveur général des pauvres
1664

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 8.53 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Feu# 3906, N# 66379
Available for swap Token - Daniel Voysin de La Noiraye, maître des requêtes, prévôt des marchands
1664

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Brass • 6 g • ⌀ 26 mm
N# 136849
Token - États de Bourgogne (Maire de Dijon Bénigne Boulier; 1er type)
1665

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 10046, N# 146265
Token - Consulat of Lyon - Gaspard Charrier
1665

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • 14.16 g • ⌀ 33 mm
Feu# 10507, N# 189865
Jeton - Île de France - Ville de Paris - L. Gellain, Mercerie des pauvres
1666

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 7.1 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 3908, Corre# 2066, N# 378332
Token - Archevêché de Bourges (Pierre d'Hardivilliers)
1666

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 9348, N# 45925
Token - États de Bourgogne (Maire de Dijon Bénigne Boulier; 2ème type)
1666

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 10047, N# 146275
Prévôt des marchands - Daniel Voysin de La Noiraye
1666

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • 6.9 g • ⌀ 28 mm
N# 99097
Jeton - États de Bourgogne - Maire de Dijon - Jean Joly (1er type, laiton)
1667

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Brass • 7 g • ⌀ 27.80 mm
Feu# 10048, N# 371495
Jeton - Echevin de Lyon - François Savaron
1667

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 9.5 g • ⌀ 32.8 mm
N# 376025
Jeton de Nantes 1668 -Jacques Charette
1668

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 6.2 g • ⌀ 27 mm
X# 8878, N# 348064
Jeton Louis XIV, SIC IMPENDIT OPES 1671
1671

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • ⌀ 26.8 mm
F# 12637, N# 352164
Archevêché de Paris - François Harlay de Champvallon
ND (1671-1695)

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • ⌀ 29 mm
N# 86024
Achille de Harlay (Ile de France - Villes et Noblesse)
1672

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 8.33 g • ⌀ 28.7 mm
Feu# 3910, N# 62856
Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - Jean Regnier, Sieur de la Souchais
1674

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • 7.6 g • ⌀ 27.5 mm
F# 8884, Corre# 4165, N# 324637
Token - Consulat de Lyon (Lyonnais)
1674

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Brass • 8.73 g • ⌀ 29.5 mm
N# 158858
Token - Pierre Tixier (Maire de Beaune; Noblesse et villes)
1675

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 7.08 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Feu# 10178, Corre# 4702, N# 234546
Token - 4ème Prévosté Peletier
1676

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Brass • 7.55 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Feu# 3624, N# 167342
Jeton - Auguste Robert de Pomereu (Prévôt des marchands)
1677

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • 5.40 g • ⌀ 26.5 mm
Feu# 3626, N# 156322
Jeton - Louis XIV - États de Bourgogne - Abraham de Thésut, élu du clergé
1678

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 8.11 g • ⌀ 28.5 mm
Feu# 9874, N# 336792
Jeton - Louis XIV - États de Bourgogne - Louis de Thésut, élu de la noblesse
1678

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 7.78 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Feu# 9875, N# 336791
Available for swap Mayor of Paris De Pomereu
1678

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Brass • 5.9 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Feu# 3627, N# 137736
Token - États de Bourgogne (Maire de Dijon Pierre Monin)
1678

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 7.4 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 10055, N# 149305
Mayor of Nantes - Jacques Frémon
1680

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 6.05 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Feu# 8889, N# 66296
Archevêché de Bourges - Michel Phelypeaux
1680

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 9351, N# 56449
Jeton - États de Bourgogne - Maire de Dijon - Benoît-Palamèdes Baudinot (2ème type)
1680

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 7.28 g • ⌀ 28.5 mm
Feu# 10057, N# 373780
Anne-Marie-Christine de Bavière dauphine
1681

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Copper • 6.66 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 1178, N# 336240
Médaille - Jean-Baptiste Colbert
1683

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal: Death in 1683 of Colbert, Minister of State under Louis XIV
Bronze • 9.64 g • ⌀ 28 mm
N# 385318

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

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