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 • Commemorative souvenir

Medal - Conseil Général de la Drôme
ND (1977)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Bronze • 11 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 45933
Gros module - Descartes
1977

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 37.6 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 393260
Médaille - PIE IX
1978

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Brass • 3.47 g • ⌀ 22 mm
N# 367809
Gros module - Robespierre
1978

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 37.9 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 394827
Token - L’Histoire de France (Danton)
1978

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 37.7 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 166368
Token - L’Histoire de France (Les Etats Généraux abolirent les privilèges)
1978

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 37.5 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 174183
Medal - El Museo del Oro (#1)
1978

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 31.5 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 233597
Medal - First election by Universal Suffrage of the European Parliament
1979

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 23.7 g • ⌀ 37 mm
N# 209080
Token - Tintin and Milou
1979

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir: 50 years of Tintin and Snowy
Silver (.925) • 13.60 g • ⌀ 31.8 mm
N# 133808
Token - L’Histoire de France (Chateaubriand)
1979

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 38 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 165974
Token - L’Histoire de France (Code civil)
1979

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 38 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 167888
Medal - El Museo del Oro (#11)
1979

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 31.6 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 232751
Medal - El Museo del Oro (#12)
1979

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 31.20 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 287608
Medal - El Museo del Oro (#2)
1979

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 31.5 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 233591
Medal - El Museo del Oro (#4)
1979

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 31.5 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 287591
Medal - El Museo del Oro (#6)
1979

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 31.5 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 287596
Medal - El Museo del Oro (#8)
1979

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 31.5 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 287603
Token - Les 100 plus grandes inventions de l’humanité (La soie artificielle)
1979

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver (.925) • 13.5 g • ⌀ 32 mm
N# 158996
Token - Les 100 plus grandes inventions de l’humanité (Le Radiotelescope)
1979

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver (.925) • 13.7 g • ⌀ 32 mm
N# 158919
Token - L’Histoire de France (Balzac)
1980

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 37.7 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 165018
Token - L’Histoire de France (Incendie Hotel de ville de Paris)
1980

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 37.7 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 169940
Token - L’Histoire de France (Mac Mahon)
1980

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 37.6 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 165499
Token - L’Histoire de France (Renan)
1980

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 38.2 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 166060
Token - L’Histoire de France (L’Alsace rendue à la France)
1981

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 38.9 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 174184
Token - L’Histoire de France (Verdun 1916)
1981

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Gold plated silver (.925) • 38 g • ⌀ 44 mm
N# 167401
Assassinat d'Henri IV - Petit module
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.7 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 353236
Bataille d'Arcole, victoire de Bonaparte - Petit module
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.7 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 353241
Bataille d'Iéna - Petit module
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.7 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 354883
Bataille de Valmy - Petit module
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.7 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 354882
Création de l'Europe 1957 - Petit module
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.7 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 353238
Jean de la Fontaine - Petit module
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.7 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 356313
Jean Racine - Petit module
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.7 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 356314
Louis XIV - Petit module
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.7 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 354881
Tour Eiffel, le relèvement de la France - Petit module
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.7 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 353258
Medal - Pilgrimage of John Paul II to Lourdes
1983

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver (.925) • 19.9 g • ⌀ 38 mm
N# 162672
Token - L'Histoire de France (Balzac)
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.7 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 219461
Token - L'Histoire de France (Beaumarchais)
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.7 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 219458
Token - L'Histoire de France (Bertrand du Guesclin)
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.72 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 200367
Token - L'Histoire de France (Blaise Pascal)
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.73 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 252340
Token - L'Histoire de France (Bonaparte Grand Genie Militaire)
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.74 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 190248
Token - L'Histoire de France (Charlemagne)
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.72 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 189546
Token - L'Histoire de France (Charles V)
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.73 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 188961
Token - L'Histoire de France (Clémenceau)
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.72 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 252336
Token - L'Histoire de France (Diderot)
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.7 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 219457
Token - L'Histoire de France (François I)
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.73 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 188969
Token - L'Histoire de France (Hugues Capet)
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.74 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 205378
Token - L'Histoire de France (Jacques Cartier)
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.73 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 189550
Token - L'Histoire de France (Jean Moulin)
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.70 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 189680
Token - L'Histoire de France (Jeanne d’Arc)
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.71 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 189554
Token - L'Histoire de France (L’Académie Française)
ND (1983)

Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Silver • 1.79 g • ⌀ 13 mm
N# 252332

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

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