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 • Historical medal

Medal - Queen Marie Antoinette - Execution
1793

Commemorative medals › Historical medal: The Execution of Queen Marie Antoinette
Silver (.925) • 9.30 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 383189
Eleventh anniversary of the storming of the Bastille and the citizens of Gard who died for their country
1800

Commemorative medals › Historical medal: 11th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille
Pewter • 81.9 g • ⌀ 60 mm
Br# 57, Slg.Julius# 829, Hennin# 923, N# 392637
Token - Quinaire of the Coronation of the Emperor
13 (1804)

Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Gold • 2.17 g • ⌀ 13.9 mm
Br# 329, N# 370019
Token - Quinaire of the Coronation of the Emperor
1805

Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Silver • 1.17 g • ⌀ 13.2 mm
N# 63071
Medal - Return to France of Napoleon
ND (1815)

Commemorative medals › Historical medal: Return to France of Napoleon from Elba
Tin • 12.51 g • ⌀ 37.2 mm
Br# 1586, N# 180774
Medal - Return to France of Napoleon
ND (1815)

Commemorative medals › Historical medal: Return to France of Napoleon from Elba
Tin • 3.80 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Br# 1589, N# 180775
Médaille - Louis XVIII - Charte Constitutionnelle
1816

Commemorative medals › Historical medal: Confirmation of the Charter of 1814, ordinance of 1816.
Copper • 17.8 g • ⌀ 32.5 mm
Collignon# 89, N# 375609
Medallion - Henri V (Support to the applicant)
ND (1830-1883)

Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Brass • 4.0 g • ⌀ 24.5 mm
N# 230399
Medal of the St. Hélena memorial
1840

Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Bronze • 35.7 g • ⌀ 41.3 mm
N# 370674
Medal - Return of the ashes of Napoleon Bonaparte
1840

Commemorative medals › Historical medal: Return of Napoleon Bonaparte´s ashes from Saint Helena to Paris on board the ship Belle Poule
Bronze • ⌀ 47 mm
N# 148445
Return of the ashes of Napoleon Bonaparte to France
1840

Commemorative medals › Historical medal: Return of Napoleon Bonaparte´s ashes from Saint Helena to Paris on board the ship Belle Poule
Bronze • 10.25 g • ⌀ 26.5 mm
N# 322203
Medaille aux armées
ND (1860-1879)

Commemorative medals › Historical medal: To the armies
Copper • 34.06 g • ⌀ 40.97 mm
N# 353121
Jeton de la ligue des patriotes
1882

Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Silver • 9.5 g • ⌀ 23 mm
N# 356049
Medal - Paris University 680th anniversary
1895

Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Silver plated bronze • 89.78 g • ⌀ 64.5 mm
N# 168668
Médaille - Centième anniversaire Réunion de Mulhouse à la France 15 mars 1798-1898
1898

Commemorative medals › Historical medal: Reunion of the Republic of Mulhouse with France
Bronze • 146 g • ⌀ 67 mm
N# 346115
Available for swap Créateurs des Congo belges et français
1935

Commemorative medals › Historical medal: 50 years of Belgian and French Congo
Bronze • 150 g • ⌀ 69 mm
N# 382868
Medal - Glory of Fontainebleau and Barbizon
1938

Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Bronze • 135 g • ⌀ 68 mm
N# 169374
Medal - 150th anniversary of the Tribunal de Commerce de la Seine
1942

Commemorative medals › Historical medal: 150th anniversary of the Tribunal de Commerce de la Seine 1792-1942
Bronze • 113.73 g • ⌀ 59 mm
N# 276241
Medal - Lloyde de France vie
1944

Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Bronze • 100.7 g • ⌀ 58 mm
N# 136524
Medal - 400 years of freedom in St. Tropez
1958

Commemorative medals › Historical medal: 400 years of liberty in St. Tropez
Bronze • 147.75 g • ⌀ 71.5 mm
N# 183385

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

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