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 • Event medal

Token - Lyon (Démolition du mur d’enceinte de la Croix Rousse 1865)
1865

Commemorative medals › Event medal: Demolition of the Croix Rousse wall in Lyon
Bronze • 8.87 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 149149
Médaille de l'exposition universelle de Paris 1867
1867

Commemorative medals › Event medal: Paris World's Fair 1867
Copper • 61 g • ⌀ 51 mm
Divo NIII# 544, N# 330818
Medal - Napoleon III (Exposition Universelle Paris 1867)
1867

Commemorative medals › Event medal
Copper • 22.3 g • ⌀ 37 mm
Divo NIII# 545, N# 199489
Medal - Napoleon III (Exposition Universelle Paris 1867)
1867

Commemorative medals › Event medal
⌀ 50 mm
N# 174194
Available for swap Medal - Napoleon III (Exposition Universelle Paris 1867)
1867

Commemorative medals › Event medal
Tin • 49.95 g • ⌀ 50 mm
N# 136834
Concours international de musique de Reims
1869

Commemorative medals › Event medal
Copper • 34.86 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 319093
Medal - Napoléon III (Plébiscite du 8 mai 1870)
1870

Commemorative medals › Event medal: Plebiscite of May 8, 1870
Tin • 39.89 g • ⌀ 50 mm
N# 192812
Medal - Exposition universelle internationale
1878

Commemorative medals › Event medal: International World's Fair
Copper • 306 g • ⌀ 86 mm
N# 185493
Medal - World Expo 1878 (Trocadero Palace)
1878

Commemorative medals › Event medal
47.30 g • ⌀ 50.7 mm
N# 127258
Medal - Exposition Universelle de 1878 (Palais du Trocadero)
1878

Commemorative medals › Event medal: Exposition Universelle 1878 Paris
Tin • 46.69 g • ⌀ 51.96 mm
N# 156619
Médaille de Mariage - Pour la vie
ND (1880)

Commemorative medals › Event medal
Silver (.950) • 33 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 351563
Médaille de Mariage - Souvenir (avec légende; Vernon)
ND (1880)

Commemorative medals › Event medal
Silver (.950) • 13.15 g • ⌀ 30.7 mm
N# 352625
Wedding Medal - Christian marriage (Barre)
ND (1880)

Commemorative medals › Event medal
Silver (.950) • 3.3 g • ⌀ 20 mm
N# 191331
Wedding Medal
ND (1880)

Commemorative medals › Event medal
Silver (.950) • 12 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 170637
Available for swap Token - Exposition Universelle Centenaire de 1789 (Paris, France)
ND (1889)

Commemorative medals › Event medal: Centenary of 1789
Bronze • 14.28 g • ⌀ 33 mm
VG# 4113, N# 25059
Medal - Exposition Universelle de Paris
1889

Commemorative medals › Event medal
Bronze • 96.45 g • ⌀ 63 mm
N# 190770
Médaille de l’Administration des Monnaies et Médailles
1889

Commemorative medals › Event medal
Bronze • 55.7 g • ⌀ 50.8 mm
N# 295374
Médaille de l’Administration des Monnaies et Médailles
ND (1889)

Commemorative medals › Event medal
Bronze • 60.55 g • ⌀ 51 mm
N# 292064
Medal - Administration des Monnaies et Médailles
ND (1889)

Commemorative medals › Event medal
Bronze • 61 g • ⌀ 50.5 mm
N# 254467
Médaille Exposition universelle
1889

Commemorative medals › Event medal
Bronze • 59 g • ⌀ 50.5 mm
N# 295375

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

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