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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See also: French notgeld, French West Indies, French States

• France • Automatic tokens
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France • Internment or prison tokens

1 Franc Prison Saint-Lazare - Paris [75]
ND (1914-1931)
Confinement tokens › Internment or prison token
Aluminium • 1.3 g • 30 mm
El Mon.# P246.3, N# 29496

1 Franc Prison Saint-Lazare - Paris [75]
ND (1914-1935)
Confinement tokens › Internment or prison token
Brass • 1.30 g • ⌀ 25.6 mm
El Mon.# P245.7, N# 29497

2 Francs - Asile départemental de Saint-Ylié (Jura)
ND
Confinement tokens › Internment or prison token
Aluminium • ⌀ 27 mm
El Mon.# 15.4, N# 20451

2 Francs Prison Saint-Lazare - Paris [75]
ND
Confinement tokens › Internment or prison token
Aluminium • 0.9 g • ⌀ 19.6 mm
El Mon.# P245.8, N# 29500

2 Francs Prison Saint-Lazare - Paris [75]
ND
Confinement tokens › Internment or prison token
Aluminium • 1.5 g • ⌀ 26 mm
El Mon.# P246.4, N# 29498

5 Francs - Asile départemental de Saint-Ylié Dôle (Jura)
ND
Confinement tokens › Internment or prison token
Aluminium • ⌀ 37 mm
El Mon.# 15.5, N# 20452

5 Francs - Prison Saint-Lazare (Paris)
ND
Confinement tokens › Internment or prison token
Aluminium • 1.6 g • 26.5 mm
El Mon.# P246.5, N# 29501

France • Military tokens

5 Centimes - Cercle-Mess G.R.M.
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • 3 g • ⌀ 21 mm
El Mil.# 10.1, El Mon.# G310.1, N# 296788

5 centimes - 5° Régiment d'Artillerie - Mess des S/Officiers
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • ⌀ 20.5 mm
El Mon.# 10.1, El Mil.# 10.1, N# 324445

10 centimes - 5° Régiment d'Artillerie - Mess des Sous-Officiers
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • 23.5 mm
El Mon.# 10.2, El Mil.# 10.2, N# 324448

10 centimes - Cantine Girard - 77e d'Infanterie - Cholet (49)
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Zinc • 25 × 20 mm
El Mon.# 10.2, N# 317209

25 cts cercle mess sous-officiers 5 ème régiment du génie
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Copper-aluminium-nickel • 3.7 g • ⌀ 23 mm
El Mil.# nr., N# 342570

25 centimes Cercle des Sous-Officiers - Remiremont (88)
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • ⌀ 20 mm
El Mon.# 15.1, El Mil.# 10.1, N# 309985

25 Centimes - Restaurant Coopératif D.P.A Castres [81]
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • ⌀ 23 mm
El Mon.# 25.6, N# 294453

25 Centimes - Restaurant Coopératif D.P.A Castres [81]
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Zinc • ⌀ 23 mm
El Mon.# 25.7, N# 294452

50 centimes - Cercle-Mess G.R.M. - Paris [75]
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Aluminium • 1 g • ⌀ 21 mm
El Mil.# 10.3, El Mon.# G310.3, N# 364965

50 centimes - 5° Régiment d'Artillerie - Mess des Sous-Officiers
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • ⌀ 23 mm
El Mon.# 10.3, El Mil.# 10.3, N# 324450

50 Centimes Cercle Mess de Saint Avold 4éme Légion de la Garde Républicaine Mobile
ND (1929-1932)
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • 2.86 g • ⌀ 22.5 mm
El Mon.# 10.1, El Mil.# 75.3, N# 356442

1 franc mess sous-officiers E.A.M.B
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Aluminium • 1.8 g • ⌀ 28 mm
El# 10.6, El Mil.# 10.6, N# 338200

2 Fr. - 10ème BCP - Mess des sous oficiers - SAVERNE
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • 5 g • ⌀ 29 mm
El Mil.# nr..., N# 345855

10 Cents - N.C.O. Club (Dreux)
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • ⌀ 18 mm
El Mil.# nr page 321, N# 225689

5c Mess des sous-officieers Ecole de Joinville (52)
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Aluminium • 1.50 g • ⌀ 26 mm
El Mil.# 10.1, N# 122187

5 Centimes - 104e RI des Sous-Officiers
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Zinc • 1.7 g • ⌀ 19 mm
El Mon.# 10.1, El Mil.# 10.1, N# 163092

5 Centimes - 16eme Chasseurs
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
1 g • ⌀ 23 mm
El Mon.# 10.1, El Mil.# 15.1, N# 17283

5 Centimes - 53e. Mess des Sous-Officiers (Perpignan)
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Zinc • ⌀ 22 mm
El Mon.# 10.1, El Mil.# 10.1, N# 158342

5 Centimes - Mess des sous-officiers du 2éme régiment d'artillerie de montagne
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Nickel-zinc • 2.08 g • ⌀ 22 mm
El Mon.# 10.1, El Mil.# 10.1, N# 259372

5 centimes - Sous officier d'infanterie - BRUYERES 88
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • 2.2 g • ⌀ 21 mm
El Mon.# 10.1, N# 347999

5 Centimes - Cercle sous-officiers 12ème Chasseurs
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Aluminium • 1.19 g • ⌀ 24 mm
El Mon.# 15.1, El Mil.# 15.1, N# 135968

5 centimes - E.M.I.C.C E.O.R - Saint Maixent (79)
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • 18 mm
El Mon.# 20.0, El Mil.# 20.1, N# 335982

5 Centimes - Restautant Coopératif D.P.A (Castres)
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Zinc • 2 g • ⌀ 24 mm
El Mon.# 25.2, N# 29271

5 Centimes - Pau 64
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Aluminium • 0.5 g • ⌀ 19 mm
El Mon.# 30.1, El Mil.# 10.1, N# 9017

5 Centimes - Société Coopérative Militaire - Bordeaux (33)
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Iron • ⌀ 20.5 mm
El Mon.# 170.1, El Mil.# 10.1, N# 21294

5 Cents - American Legion (Verdun)
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • ⌀ 21.5 mm
N# 232413

5 Centimes - F.C.I.M 260e Section Salins les Bains [39]
1922
Confinement tokens › Military token
Aluminium • 1 g • ⌀ 21 mm
El Mon.# 10.1, N# 29915

10 Cents - TRAB NCO Club (Toul 54)
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
• 2.24 g • ⌀ 18 mm
El Mil.# 10.2, Cunningh2# FR450b, N# 232048

10 Centimes - 25° Régiment d'Artillerie Divisionnaire - Mess des S/Officiers
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • 4.25 g • ⌀ 25 mm
El Mon.# 10.1, El Mil.# 10.1, N# 144112

10 Centimes - 104e RI des Sous-Officiers
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Zinc • 1.7 g • ⌀ 19 mm
El Mon.# 10.2, El Mil.# 10.2, N# 161944

10 Centimes - 53e Mess des Sous-Officiers - Perpignan [66]
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • 2.5 g • ⌀ 22 mm
El Mon.# 10.2, El Mil.# 10.2, N# 41430

10 Centimes -Mess and Cercle des sous officiers 91ème régiment d'infanterie
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Aluminium • ⌀ 25 mm
El Mon.# 10.2, El Mil.# 10.2, N# 114477

10 Centimes -Foyer du Soldat - Rennes (35)
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • 3.2 g • ⌀ 22.5 mm
El Mon.# 15.2, El Mil.# 10.2, N# 167831

10 Centimes - E.O.A (Saint-Maixent)
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Aluminium • ⌀ 21 mm
El Mon.# 25.2, El Mil.# 25.2, N# 67448

10 Centimes - Restautant Coopératif D.P.A (Castres)
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • 2.6 g • ⌀ 24 mm
El Mon.# 25.3, N# 29272

10 Centimes - Restautant Coopératif D.P.A (Castres)
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Zinc • 1.84 g • ⌀ 24.1 mm
El Mon.# 25.4, N# 284847

10 Centimes - Coopérative Militaire - Pau [64]
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Aluminium • 0.6 g • ⌀ 20 mm
El Mon.# 30.2, El Mil.# 10.2, N# 25805

10 Centimes - Société Coopérative Militaire - Bordeaux (33)
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Iron • ⌀ 25 mm
El Mon.# 170.2, El Mil.# 10.2, N# 21296

10 Centimes - Mess des Sous-Officiers - 19e Brigade
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Nickel-zinc • 2.31 g • ⌀ 25 mm
N# 266272

10 Cents - American Legion (Verdun)
ND
Confinement tokens › Military token
Brass • ⌀ 18 mm
N# 158936

10 Centimes - Cantine du fort d'Asnières
ND (1877-1918)
Confinement tokens › Military token
Zinc • 3.43 g • ⌀ 21 mm
N# 168002

10 Centimes - Bourges 18
1916
Confinement tokens › Military token
Copper • 4.3 g • ⌀ 24 mm
El Mon.# 30.1, El Mil.# 10.1, N# 19247

10 centimes Mess des sous-officiers du 23è - Bourg-en-Bresse (01)
1918
Confinement tokens › Military token
Aluminium • ⌀ 22 mm
El Mon.# 25.1, El Mil.# 15.1, N# 303657