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 colonies, France (feudal), Unified Carolingian Empire, Frankish Kingdom

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Medal - Euro introduction
2002
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Copper-nickel • 31 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 21589

Naissance de la monnaie unique - Essai (argent)
2002
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Silver (.925) • 40 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 343054

Token - End of the legal tender of the Franc
2002
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Copper-nickel • 31.05 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 28223

Token - L'Europe des 15
2003
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Copper-nickel • 31 g • ⌀ 40 mm
N# 29911

Accession to Euro Monetary Union (Slovenia)
2007
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Copper-nickel (non magnetic) • 30.9 g • ⌀ 41.0 mm
N# 352686

Token - L'Europe des XXVII
2007
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Silver (.925) • 40 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 234591

Token - L'Europe des XXVII
2008
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Copper-nickel • 31 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 115144

Medal - 50th Anniversary of the V Republic
2008
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Silver (.925) • 31.20 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 284520

Medal - 50th Anniversary of the V Republic
2008
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Bronze • 33 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 285148

Medal - 50th Anniversary of the V Republic
2008
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Copper-nickel • 30.6 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 21286

Token - L'Europe des XXVII (10 years of the Euro Parity; France)
2009
Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir: 10 years of the Euro Parity
Copper-nickel • 31 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 116217

Medal - L'Europe des XXVII - 50 years of the New Franc
2010
Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Copper-nickel • 31 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 90911

L'Europe des XXVII - Bienvenue à l'Estonie
2011
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Copper-nickel • 31.3 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 338392

L'Europe des XXVII - 10 ans de l'Euro
2012
Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Copper-nickel • 31.1 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 338393

Token - L'Europe des XXVII (10 years of the Euro)
2012
Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir: 10 years of the Euro
Copper-nickel • 31 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 32405

Token - L'Europe des XXVII
2013
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Copper-nickel • 31 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 67677

Token - L'Europe des XXVIII (Victory 1945)
2015
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Copper-nickel • 35 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 77470

Tourist token - Fonderie Saint Luc - débarquement en Normandie - D-Day - Utah Beach

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir: D-Day June 6, 1944
14.11 g • ⌀ 34 mm
N# 329643

Token - Médailles et Patrimoine (Médaille des musées et chateaux de France - Hommage a Henri Roi de France)
2010
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• ⌀ 34 mm
N# 46122

Token - European Currency (France)
(2002)
Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir: First Strike of the Euro Countries
Plated copper (gold and silver plating) • 17.2 g • ⌀ 35.1 mm
N# 146718

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Brass • 4.3 g • ⌀ 22 mm
N# 145213

Medal - Napoléon III / Eugenie (Exposition Universelle 1867)
1867
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Brass • 6.5 g • ⌀ 27.5 mm
N# 93549

Token - Napoleon III (Exposition 1867)
1867
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Bronze • 4.64 g • ⌀ 23.3 mm
N# 124847

Medal - Exposition Universelle 1878 Paris
1878
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Bronze • 14.8 g • ⌀ 31 mm
VG# 3914, N# 26451

Token - Exposition Universelle 1878 (Thiébaut & Fils)
1878
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Brass • 7.05 g • ⌀ 27.15 mm
N# 123710

Token - Exposition Universelle 1878 Paris (Trocadero Palace)
1878
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Brass • 4.48 g • ⌀ 23.36 mm
N# 85516

Token - Paris Exposition Internationale 1900 (U.S. Pavilion)
1900
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Brass • 4 g • ⌀ 19 mm
N# 85278

Souvenir de L'Exposition d'Electricité Marseille 1908 (Grand Palais)
1908
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Aluminium • 3.7 g • ⌀ 32 mm
N# 46980

Souvenir de L'exposition D'Electricité Marseille 1908 (Longchamp)
1908
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Aluminium • 3.7 g • ⌀ 32 mm
N# 58462

Encased Token - Exposition Coloniale 1931
1931
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Bimetallic: copper-nickel centre in aluminium ring • 4.85 g • ⌀ 31.3 mm
N# 64305

Token - Peace of the Pyrenees
(1659)
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Brass • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 6272, N# 175944

Jeton - Louis XIV (Mvtvvs iste ardormevs est)
1660
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Brass • 7 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Feu# 12557, Gueant# 242C, N# 175704

Token - Louis XIV and Marie Thérèse (Amour et mariage)
(1660-1667)
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Copper • 7.6 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 13054, N# 149433

Token - Louis XIV (Renewal of Alliance with the Swiss)
1664
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Copper • 6.5 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Feu# 1165, Gueant# 242C, N# 175703

Token - Marriage Louis XIV & Marie Thérèse
1664
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Copper • 4 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Feu# 13053, N# 152986

Accession au trône d’Espagne du duc d’Anjou
1701
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Silver • 8.8 g • ⌀ 29.5 mm
Feu# 8436, N# 120672

Eglise Jésuite de Lille Joseph Clément de Cologne
(1707)
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Bronze • 7.4 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Feu# 7229, N# 120575

Token - Louis XV (Consecration in Reims)
1723
Souvenir medals › Event souvenir: The anointing of Louis XV
Brass • 5.38 g • ⌀ 26.7 mm
Feu# 7896, N# 258068

Token - Visit of Alexander II
1867
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Copper • 4.3 g • ⌀ 23 mm
N# 125113

Medal - Charles X Coronation
1825
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Brass • 7.32 g • ⌀ 27 mm
N# 80829

Medal - International maritime exhibition (Le Havre)
1868
Souvenir medals › Event souvenir: International maritime exhibition 1868 in Le Havre
Copper • 4.24 g • ⌀ 23 mm
N# 196171

Medal - Inauguration hotel de ville de Levallois Perret 27 Mars 1898
1898
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Bronze • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 212175

Medal - Inauguration hotel de ville de Levallois Perret 27 Mars 1898
1898
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Bronze • 9.96 g • ⌀ 30.17 mm
N# 75781

Module de 10 Centimes, Monnaie de Visite
1853
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Bronze • 10.28 g • ⌀ 30 mm
X# M24, N# 32151

Module ½ franc Henri V
1833
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Bronze • 2.46 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
N# 134956

50eme ANNIVERSAIRE G . LAPOUSSIERE

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Bronze • 67.90 g • ⌀ 50.15 mm
N# 347879

Albertville 92

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Silver (.950) • 31 g • ⌀ 41 mm
N# 310479

Jeton touristique - Souvenirs et Patrimoine - D-Day - Harley Davidson

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Gold clad iron • 30.45 g • ⌀ 40 mm
N# 296929

médaille mont blanc

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Copper-nickel-iron • 25 g • ⌀ 40.10 mm
N# 344304

Medal - Concours de Musique, d'Orphéon et Fanfares

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Bronze • 1.15 g • ⌀ 14.5 mm
N# 148090