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. Wikidata: Q142
3 Euros - Havre
1996 Fantasy items › ECU & Pre 1999 Euro: The Normandy Bridge.
Copper-nickel • 11 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 19450
3 Euros - Lyon
1996 Fantasy items › ECU & Pre 1999 Euro: Fourvière Centenary.
Brass • 11.82 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 49653
3 Euros - Mortagne-au-Perche
1996 Fantasy items › ECU & Pre 1999 Euro: The house of the Counts of Perche.
Copper-nickel • 11.30 g • ⌀ 30.00 mm
N# 25728
3 Euros - Nyons
1996 Fantasy items › ECU & Pre 1999 Euro: The Roman bridge.
Copper-nickel • 10.80 g • ⌀ 30.10 mm
N# 44374
3 Euros - Paris
1996 Fantasy items › ECU & Pre 1999 Euro: 1500th anniversary of the siege of the kingdom of Clovis
Bronze • 11 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 78416
3 Euros - Seurre
1997 Fantasy items › ECU & Pre 1999 Euro: Pre-European educational coinage
Bimetallic: brass centre in copper-nickel ring • 11 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 206777
5 Euros - Royan
1996 Fantasy items › ECU & Pre 1999 Euro
Copper-nickel • 11.5 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 122093
5 Euro - Roanne
1997 Fantasy items › ECU & Pre 1999 Euro
Brass • 11.20 g • ⌀ 32 mm
N# 234171
5 Euro - Laon
1998 Fantasy items › ECU & Pre 1999 Euro
Bronze • 10 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 144965
7 Euro - Strasbourg
1996 Fantasy items › ECU & Pre 1999 Euro: 5 to 12/25/1996
Bimetallic • 14.70 g • ⌀ 34 mm
N# 69262
10 Euros - Havre
1996 Fantasy items › ECU & Pre 1999 Euro: The Normandy Bridge
Bimetallic • 14 g • ⌀ 34 mm
N# 50704
10 Euro - Annecy
1997 Fantasy items › ECU & Pre 1999 Euro
Bimetallic: aluminium-nickel-bronze centre in copper-nickel ring • 10.5 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 247084
10 Euro - Nîmes
1997 Fantasy items › ECU & Pre 1999 Euro
Silver (.925) • 9.8 g • ⌀ 29.5 mm
N# 244311
10 Euros - Bauvais
1997 Fantasy items › ECU & Pre 1999 Euro
Bimetallic: copper-aluminium-nickel centre in copper-nickel ring • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 88474
15 Euros - Saint-Donat
1996 Fantasy items › ECU & Pre 1999 Euro: 35th J. S. Bach Festival.
Silver (.925) • ⌀ 29 mm
N# 44541
20 Euro - d'Evreux
1996 Fantasy items › ECU & Pre 1999 Euro: 25th anniversary of the Amicale Numismatique d'Evreux
Silver (.800) • 13 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 204265