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 • House of Bourbon • Louis XVI (1774-1792)

Jeton AR 30 Etats de Languedoc
1783

Utility items › Counter token
Silver • 10.9 g • ⌀ 30.5 mm
Feu# 11001, N# 31350
Token - Louis XVI - États de Bretagne 1784
1784

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Silver (.900) • 6.7 g • ⌀ 29 mm
Feu# 8789, Daniel# 130, Daniel# 131, Daniel# 132, N# 69022
Louis XVI Écu dit "aux branches d'olivier" de Béarn, faux d’époque 1786 PAU
1784-1786

Contemporary counterfeits › Contemporary counterfeit
Silver plated copper • 26.65 g • ⌀ 41 mm
Dy royales# 1708 var, N# 328432
Compagnie des Indes (3ème, 1785)
1785

Commemorative medals › Company medal
Silver • 21 g • ⌀ 35 mm
N# 348932
Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - Bertrand
1786

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • ⌀ 29 mm
Corre# 491, N# 324807
Maison philantropique de Versailles
1786

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Silver • 7.63 g • ⌀ 30.5 mm
Feu# 5958, N# 404386
Available for swap Token - Louis XVI (Etats de Bretagne)
1786

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Silver • 7.17 g • ⌀ 28.5 mm
Feu# 8790, Daniel# 135, Daniel# 136, Daniel# 137, Daniel# 138, N# 154192
Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - Georges Guerin de Beaumont
1787

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • ⌀ 28 mm
F# 8934, Corre# 2214, N# 324811
Token - Louis XVI - États de Bretagne
1788

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Silver • 6.86 g • ⌀ 28.22 mm
Feu# 8792, Daniel# 139, Daniel# 140, Daniel# 141, N# 49698
Medal - Charles Jean-Baptiste des Gallois de la Tour de Glené
1788

Award medals › Miscellaneous award: Charles Jean-Baptiste des Galois de la Tour
Bronze • 86.89 g • ⌀ 56.5 mm
N# 192817
Medal - Louis XVI (Construction of the bridge "Pont Louis XVI" in Paris)
1788

Commemorative medals › Inauguration medal
Bronze • 78.45 g • ⌀ 56 mm
N# 143180
Medal - Medicinae Philosophiam
1789

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal: Medicinae Philosophiam
Silver • 11.93 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 241597
Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - Christophe-Clair Danyel de Kervégan 1790
1790

Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Silver • 6.85 g • ⌀ 28 mm
F# 8937, Corre# 2491, N# 324845
Available for swap Medal - Fédération martiale de Lyon
1790

Souvenir medals › Event souvenir: Fédération martiale, 30 mai 1790
Silver plated bronze • 7.63 g • ⌀ 35.2 mm
Hennin# 133, N# 259255
Médaille - Constitution, Assemblée Nationale, Confédération des Français
1790

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Bronze • 35 g • ⌀ 41 mm
Hennin# 141 pl. 17, N# 368391
Louis XVI - Death of Louis XVI
1793

Commemorative medals › Historical medal: Death of Louis XVI
Silver • 9.47 g • ⌀ 30.2 mm
Hennin# 469, N# 358536

France • House of Bourbon • Constitutional Monarchy (1791-1792)

Medal - Monneron (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
ND (1791)

Trade tokens › Business token
Bronze • 25 g • ⌀ 35 mm
Hennin# 299, N# 229162

France • Modern France • First Republic (1792-1804)

Token - Lycée des Arts
1792

Award medals › Scholastic or academic award: Creation of the Lycée des Arts
Silver (.950) • 8.3 g • ⌀ 28.5 mm
Feu# 4473, N# 265018
Jeton - Comptoir commercial
ND (1802)

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Silver • 15.62 g • ⌀ 31.4 mm
Br# 239, Slg.Julius# 1119, N# 180351
Token - Banque Comptoir commercial
1802

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Silver • 12.78 g • ⌀ 30.1 mm
N# 65426
Consulat Token - Chamber of Commerce Paris
1803

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Silver • 17.73 g • ⌀ 36 mm
Feu# 5060, Br# 262, N# 133235
Consulat Token - Chamber of Commerce Paris
1803

Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Gold plated bronze • 18.3 g • ⌀ 39 mm
Feu# 5060, N# 45499
Module de 2 sols (ESSAI de Dupré)
1793

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Copper • 22 g • ⌀ 31 mm
Gad# 33, N# 112847
Reproduction - ½ sol aux balances (convention)
1793

Souvenir medals › Replica
Copper • 6.7 g • ⌀ 25 mm
N# 349214
2 Sols - Clemanson et Comp. (Lyon)
1792

Trade tokens › Business token
Copper • 14 g • ⌀ 32 mm
KM# Tn8, Hennin# 454, Maz# 127, VG# 302, N# 8607
Available for swap 2 Sols - Monneron Freres
1792

Trade tokens › Business token: Monneron
Bronze • 17.95 g • ⌀ 32 mm
KM# Tn25, N# 16282
5 Sols - Lefèvre Lesage et Cie
1792

Trade tokens › Business token
Silver (.694) • 0.75 g • ⌀ 17 mm
VG# 315, N# 125210
Reproduction - Monneron de 5 sols au serment 1792
1792

Souvenir medals › Replica
Copper • 26.5 g • ⌀ 38 mm
N# 352618
1 Centime (pattern of modul of)
1792

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Bronze • 2.10 g • ⌀ 19 mm
VG# 370, Maz# 351, N# 194509
1 Centime - Phrygian cap (pattern)
2 (1793)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Bronze • 1.40 g • ⌀ 18 mm
VG# 425, Maz# 303 (R2), Gad# 70, N# 169943
1 Centime (pattern in bronze; Gengembre process)
5 (1796)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Bronze • 1.73 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
Maz# 384, VG# 527, N# 169768
1 Centime (pattern in tin; Gengembre process)
5 (1796)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Tin • 1.34 g • ⌀ 17 mm
VG# 527, N# 169770
1 Centime (pattern; Gengembre process)
5 (1796)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Tin • 1.60 g • ⌀ 17 mm
VG# 527 ou 530, Maz# 384 var., N# 194776
1 Centime (pattern by Dupré)
6 (1797)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Bronze • 1.97 g • ⌀ 17 mm
VG# 599, Maz# 313 (R2), N# 194522
5 Centimes (pattern by Dupré; Cast)
4 (1795)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Copper • 7.32 g • ⌀ 22.61 mm
F# 113, N# 194510
Décime (pattern of monnaie de confiance)
ND (1793)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Bronze • 9.53 g • ⌀ 29 mm
N# 194508
10 Centimes (à la massue, pattern)
3 (1794)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Copper • 3.18 g • ⌀ 21.22 mm
VG# 442, Maz# 357 (R3), N# 171354
10 Centimes (à la massue, pattern)
3 (1794)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Bronze • 2.31 g • ⌀ 20 mm
VG# 442, Maz# 357 (R3), N# 171355
10 Centimes with club (pattern)
3 (1794)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Tin • 2.96 g • ⌀ 20 mm
VG# 442, Maz# 357 (R3), N# 171353
1 Décime (pattern, small)
ND (1795-1803)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Copper • 10 g • ⌀ 27.3 mm
F# 126 Var., VG# 439, Maz# 343, Gad# 184 (1989), N# 160705
2 Decimes (pattern by Lorthior in billon)
8 (1799)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Billon • 2.36 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
VG# 831, Maz# 586, Gad# 301, N# 171435
2 Decimes (pattern by Lorthior in tin)
8 (1799)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Tin • 3.25 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
VG# 831, Maz# 586, Gad# 301, N# 171436
2 Décimes (pattern of Lorthior in silver)
8 (1799)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Silver • 2.25 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
VG# 831, Maz# 586, Gad# 301, N# 165875
2 Decimes (pattern uniface of obverse by Lorthior)
ND (1799-1800)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Tin • 1.21 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
VG# 831 var., Maz# 586 var., Gad# 301 var., N# 171434
25 Centimes (pattern)
3 (1794)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Copper • 5.61 g • ⌀ 25.25 mm
VG# 43, Maz# 354 (R3), Gad# 341 b), N# 171439
5 Décimes (pattern by Lorthior in tin; France allegory)
8 (1799)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Tin • 9.06 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
VG# 825 var., Maz# 584 var., Gad# 392 var., N# 194506
5 Décimes (pattern by Lorthior in billon)
8 (1799)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Billon • 3.80 g • ⌀ 23 mm
VG# 827, Maz# 583, Gad# 392, N# 194503
5 Décimes (pattern by Lorthior in brass)
8 (1799)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Brass • 4.48 g • ⌀ 24 mm
VG# 829, Maz# 584 b, Gad# 392, N# 194505
Pattern by Lorthior on modul of 5 Décimes
ND (1799)

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Billon • 4.05 g • ⌀ 23 mm
VG# 830, Maz# 585 var., N# 194507
Pattern in bronze at 2 Francs module (Gengembre process)
1800

Coin patterns › Coin pattern
Bronze • 8.84 g • ⌀ 25.67 mm
VG# 906, Maz# 617 var, N# 244930

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

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