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

15 Centimes - Compagnie Générale Française de Tramways (Orléans)
ND

Automatic tokens › Transit token
Brass • 2.7 g • ⌀ 21 mm
El Mon.# 45.3, N# 23506

France • France - Restaurant Tokens

20 Centimes - La Bourguignonne - Dijon [21]
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Brass • 5.5 g • ⌀ 27 mm
El Mon.# 45.3, N# 28466

France • Unspecified currency

20 Centimes - Messageries de l'Ouest - Nantes [44]
ND

Automatic tokens › Transit token
Nickel-zinc • 4.5 g • 30 mm
El Mon.# 45.3, N# 61376
20 Centimes - DEVAUX (Amiens)
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Brass • 2.72 g • ⌀ 23 mm
El Mon.# 45.3, N# 71147
Token - Ménage - La Mutualité (Tourcoing)
ND

Trade tokens › Co-operative token
Brass • ⌀ 17.5 mm
El Mon.# 45.3, N# 190002

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

1 Franc - Gruber and Cie - Strasbourg (67)
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Copper-nickel • ⌀ 24 mm
El Mon.# 45.3, N# 331807
50 Centimes - Cantine des Usines de Navarre - Évreux (27)
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Aluminium • 2.94 g • ⌀ 30.2 mm
El Mon.# 45.3, N# 383113

France • Unspecified currency

25 Centimes - Messageries de l'Ouest - Nantes [44]
ND

Automatic tokens › Transit token
Zinc • 4.48 g • ⌀ 27 mm
El Mon.# 45.4, N# 53773
10 Gruau - La Mutualité (Tourcoing)
ND

Trade tokens › Co-operative token
Brass • ⌀ 26 mm
El Mon.# 45.4, N# 217965
Available for swap 10 Centimes Etablissements Jacob Holtzer Unieux [42]
ND

Trade tokens › Wage token
Aluminium • 1.5 g • ⌀ 30.1 mm
El Mon.# 45.6, N# 25871

France • France - Restaurant Tokens

10 Centimes - Grand Café Glacier Saturnin (Narbonne)
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Zinc • 3.6 g • ⌀ 30 mm
El Mon.# 45.6, N# 61382

France • Unspecified currency

1franc - Etablissements Jacob Holtzer Unieux [42]
ND

Trade tokens › Wage token
Brass • ⌀ 23 mm
El Mon.# 45.8, N# 330866
5 Centimes - Etablissements Jacob Holtzer Unieux [42]
ND

Trade tokens › Wage token
Aluminium • 1.5 g • ⌀ 26.4 mm
El Mon.# 45.9, N# 25870
50 Centimes Etablissements Jacob Holtzer Unieux [42]
ND

Trade tokens › Wage token
Brass • ⌀ 19 mm
El Mon.# 45.11, N# 330865

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

Available for swap 25 Centimes (Vichy)
1922

Trade tokens › Wage token
Aluminium • 1.55 g • ⌀ 26 mm
El Mon.# 50.1, N# 8903

France • Unspecified currency

5 Centimes Société Coopérative des Usines Renault - Boulogne-Billancourt [92]
ND

Trade tokens › Wage token
Aluminium • 1.5 g • ⌀ 26 mm
El Mon.# 50.1, N# 23380

France • France - Restaurant Tokens

5 Centimes - Grande Taverne - Belfort [90]
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Brass • 2.1 g • ⌀ 20 mm
El Mon.# 50.1, N# 28454

France • Unspecified currency

5 Centimes - O. Michelet (Pau)
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Aluminium • 0.53 g • 16 mm
El Mon.# 50.1, N# 264950

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

10 centimes - Bar Baillet - Marseille (13)
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Brass • 3.60 g • ⌀ 26 mm
El Mon.# 50.1, N# 350792

France • France - Restaurant Tokens

5 Centimes - Société des Grands Cafés - Toulouse [31]
ND (1914-1916)

Trade tokens › Business token
Brass • 4.02 g • 23.7 mm
El Mon.# 50.1à, N# 35157

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

10 Centimes - Maison Milhaud - Narbonne [Aude] (Zinc)
1917

Trade tokens › Business token
Nickel-zinc • 3 g • ⌀ 22.5 mm
El Mon.# 50.2, N# 8914
Available for swap 10 Centimes - O. Michelet (Pau)
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Aluminium • 1.1 g • ⌀ 23 mm
El Mon.# 50.2, N# 9018

France • Unspecified currency

10 Centimes Société Coopérative des Usines Renault - Boulogne-Billancourt [92]
ND

Trade tokens › Wage token
Aluminium • 1.9 g • ⌀ 30 mm
El Mon.# 50.2, N# 28462

France • France - Restaurant Tokens

15 Centimes - Grande Taverne Belfort
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Nickel-zinc • 2.83 g • ⌀ 23 mm
El Mon.# 50.2, N# 33789

France • Unspecified currency

15 Centimes
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Brass • 2.30 g • ⌀ 24.13 mm
El Mon.# 50.2, N# 75875

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

Available for swap 5 centimes - Compagnie fermière de l'établissement Thermal - Vichy [03]
1920-1923

Trade tokens › Wage token
Aluminium • 0.6 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
El Mon.# 50.2, El Mon.# 50.5, El Mon.# 50.8, N# 296109
20 centimes - Epernay [51]
ND

Trade tokens › Co-operative token
Brass • ⌀ 24 mm
El Mon.# 50.2, N# 317167

France • Unspecified currency

Available for swap 25 Centimes - O. Michelet (Pau)
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Aluminium • 1.7 g • ⌀ 25 mm
El Mon.# 50.3, N# 25808

France • France - Restaurant Tokens

25 Centimes (Grande Taverne; Belfort)
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Brass • 3.17 g • ⌀ 22 mm
El Mon.# 50.3, N# 33790

France • Unspecified currency

20 Centimes - Ligue (Saint-Nazaire [44])
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Brass • 2.80 g • 28 mm
El Mon.# 50.3, N# 126536

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

Available for swap 10 Centimes (Vichy)
1920-1923

Trade tokens › Wage token
Aluminium • 1.15 g • ⌀ 23 mm
El Mon.# 50.3 (1920), El Mon.# 50.6 (1922), El Mon.# 50.9 (1923), N# 8902

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

5 Centimes
1917

Trade tokens › Business token
Aluminium • 0.8 g • ⌀ 21 mm
El Mon.# 50.4, N# 8973

France • France - Restaurant Tokens

50 Centimes - Grande Taverne Belfort
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Brass • 4.21 g • 24 mm
El Mon.# 50.4, N# 33791

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

Available for swap 10 Centimes
1917

Trade tokens › Business token
Aluminium • 0.95 g • ⌀ 22.5 mm
El Mon.# 50.5, N# 28629

France • Unspecified currency

25 Centimes - Ligue - Saint-Nazaire [44]
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Brass • 1.9 g • ⌀ 21 mm
El Mon.# 50.5, N# 29882

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

Available for swap 25 Centimes
1917

Trade tokens › Business token
Aluminium • 1.1 g • ⌀ 25 mm
El Mon.# 50.6, N# 8915

France • Unspecified currency

50 Centimes - Ligue (Saint-nazaire[44])
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Brass • 2.90 g • ⌀ 24 mm
El Mon.# 50.6, N# 126538
30 Centimes - La goutte de lait (Clermont-Ferrand)
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Copper-nickel • 6.2 g • ⌀ 35 mm
El Mon.# 55...nr, N# 126535

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

10 Centimes
1922

Trade tokens › Co-operative token
Aluminium • ⌀ 21 mm
El Mon.# 55.1, N# 19112

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

10 Centimes - Société du Grand Café-Glacier - Béziers [34]
1921

Trade tokens › Business token
Aluminium • 1 g • ⌀ 21.5 mm
El Mon.# 55.1, N# 25793

France • Unspecified currency

Available for swap 20 Centimes (Calais Tramways)
ND

Automatic tokens › Transit token
Nickel-zinc • 3.2 g • 25 mm
El Mon.# 55.1, N# 29530

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

5 Centimes - Pharmacie Docteur Ferret
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Aluminium • ⌀ 19 mm
El Mon.# 55.1, N# 133948

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

10 Centimes - J.Paillous (Pau)
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Aluminium • 1.09 g • ⌀ 23 mm
El Mon.# 55.1, N# 228923

France • Unspecified currency

50 Centimes - Société Coopérative les Prévoyants (Tourcoing)
ND

Trade tokens › Co-operative token
Copper • ⌀ 25 mm
El Mon.# 55.1, N# 228928

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

25 Centimes
1922

Trade tokens › Co-operative token
Aluminium • ⌀ 24 mm
El Mon.# 55.2, N# 8923

France • France - Restaurant Tokens

Available for swap 25 Centimes - Béziers 34
1921

Trade tokens › Business token
Aluminium • ⌀ 25 mm
El Mon.# 55.2, N# 20028

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

10 Centimes - Pharmacie Docteur Ferret (Albi)
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Aluminium • ⌀ 21 mm
El Mon.# 55.2, N# 133949

France • Franc (1795-1959)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

10 Centimes - Café Demangeon - Chalon s/ Saône [71]
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Aluminium • 0.65 g • ⌀ 20.5 mm
El Mon.# 55.2, N# 315766
25 centimes - J.Paillous - Pau (64)
ND

Trade tokens › Business token
Aluminium • 1.67 g • ⌀ 25 mm
El Mon.# 55.2, N# 404793

France • France - Restaurant Tokens

Available for swap 25 Centimes - Société du Grand Café Glacier (Béziers)
1921

Trade tokens › Business token
Aluminium • 1.59 g • ⌀ 25 mm
El Mon.# 55.3, N# 9002

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

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