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

• France • Automatic tokens
  • Access tokens
  • Car wash tokens
  • Deposit tokens
  • Dispenser tokens
  • Game tokens
  • Telecommunication tokens
  • Parking tokens
  • Phonograph tokens
  • Ride tokens
  • Transit tokens
• France • Confinement tokens
  • Internment or prison tokens
  • Military tokens
  • Work encampment tokens
• France • Event tokens
  • Shooting festival tokens
  • Festival tokens
• France • Ration tokens
  • Food ration tokens
  • Utilities tokens
• France • Trade tokens
  • Business tokens
  • Co-operative tokens
  • Local administration tokens
  • Taxation tokens
  • Wage tokens
• France • Miscellaneous tokens
  • Religious tokens
  • Brothel tokens
  • Casino chip or tokens
• France • Award medals
  • Cultural awards
  • Industrial or agricultural awards
  • Military awards
  • Miscellaneous awards
  • Scholastic or academic awards
  • Sporting awards
• France • Commemorative medals
  • Achievement medals
  • Company medals
  • Event medals
  • Historical medals
  • Inauguration medals
  • Institution medals
  • Military medals
  • Personality or portrait medals
  • Religious medals
  • Satirical medals
  • Society medals
• France • Promotional items
  • Advertising tokens
  • Campaign tokens
  • Membership tokens
• France • Souvenir medals
  • Art medals
  • Tourist souvenirs
  • Commemorative souvenirs
  • Event souvenirs
  • Replicas
• France • Bullion
  • Rounds
  • Bars
• France • Coin patterns
  • Mint tokens
  • Coin patterns
• France • Contemporary counterfeits
  • Contemporary counterfeits
• France • Utility items
  • Counter tokens
  • Coin weights
• France • Fantasy items
  • Fantasy currency
  • ECU & Pre 1999 Euros
  • Fantasy items of fictional places
  • Play money
• France • Unclassified exonumia
  • Miscellaneous tokens
• France • Paper exonumia
  • ATM test notes
  • Fantasy banknotes
  • Souvenir notes
• France • Paper vouchers
  • Confinement vouchers
  • Promissory notes
  • Promotional coupons
  • Ration coupons
  • Trade vouchers
• France • Unclassified exonumia
  • Miscellaneous paper exonumia
• France • Miscellaneous tokens
  • Dance tokens
• France • Souvenir medals
  • Elongated coins
• France • Paper vouchers
  • Military vouchers

France • Wage tokens

50 Centimes - Minières de la Côte Rouge
1889
Trade tokens › Wage token
Nickel plated zinc • 2.35 g • ⌀ 21 mm
El Mon.# 10.2, N# 152629

75 Centimes - Filatures et Tissages Japy (Audincourt)
ND
Trade tokens › Wage token
Brass • ⌀ 23 mm
El Mon.# 15.5, N# 284820

1franc - Etablissements Jacob Holtzer Unieux [42]
ND
Trade tokens › Wage token
Brass • ⌀ 23 mm
El Mon.# 45.8, N# 330866

50 Centimes Etablissements Jacob Holtzer Unieux [42]
ND
Trade tokens › Wage token
Brass • ⌀ 19 mm
El Mon.# 45.11, N# 330865

Miner Token - Vieux-Condé
ND (1861-1907)
Trade tokens › Wage token
• 24 g • ⌀ 39 mm
Müseler# 18/101, N# 243999

jeton - petit repas - chute de la Truyère
ND (1917-1933)
Trade tokens › Wage token
Aluminium-bronze • ⌀ 26 mm
N# 330535

5 Centimes - Usines de Couëron
ND
Trade tokens › Wage token
Copper • 1.3 g • ⌀ 18.6 mm
El Mon.# 20.1, N# 26269

10 Centimes - Usines de Couëron
ND
Trade tokens › Wage token
Copper • 2.68 g • ⌀ 24.2 mm
El Mon.# 20.2, N# 26270

25 Centimes - Usines de Couëron
ND
Trade tokens › Wage token
Copper • 4 g • 25 mm
El Mon.# 20.3, N# 161507

France • Religious tokens

Louis XV ASSEMBLÉE DU CLERGÉ ET JETONS RELIGIEUX
1745
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Silver • 10.78 g • ⌀ 30.5 mm
Feu# 3966, N# 59921

10 Francs - Lourdes Hautes-Pyrénées
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Aluminium • 2.18 g • ⌀ 29 mm
El Mon.# 20.1, N# 133734

Medal - Conférence Saint Vincent de Paul (Morlaix)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Aluminium • 1.20 g • ⌀ 25.00 mm
N# 133701

Medal - Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Aluminium
N# 45655

Token - Patronage (Douai)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Brass • 2.3 g • ⌀ 21.6 mm
N# 36710

Token - Patronage Saint Thomas d' Aquin (Havre)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Zinc
N# 158034

Token - Garde d'honneur du sacré coeur
ND (1864)
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Copper • 5.8 g • ⌀ 27.57 mm
N# 85375

12 Deniers Méreau - Church Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Paris)
1650
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Copper • 2.6 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Feu# 4195, Feu# 4194, N# 190179

jeton religieux
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
2.85 g • ⌀ 20 mm
N# 331008

Méreau - Saint Clement of Rome
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Tin • 10.70 g • ⌀ 30.1 mm
N# 190791

Méreau (Paris)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
⌀ 20 mm
N# 24618

Méreau (Poitou)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Lead • 13.5 g • ⌀ 25 mm
N# 84951

Miraculous Medal (Aluminium)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Aluminium • 0.44 g • 20.67 mm
N# 161703

Miraculous Medal (Brass)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Brass
N# 327940

Mereau - Manufacture des saptes (Languedoc)
ND (1540-1600)
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Copper • ⌀ 20 mm
N# 113851

Méreau du chapitre de la Sainte -Chapelle à Paris
1570
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Bronze • 2.57 g • ⌀ 23 mm
Feu# 4022, N# 352514

Token - Grande Confrérie de Notre-Dame aus Bourgeois de Paris
1612
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Copper • 6 g • ⌀ 27.5 mm
N# 150014

Méreau - Lille (Saint Etienne)
1637
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Copper • ⌀ 29 mm
N# 149469

Méreau - Lille (St. Etienne)
1637
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Copper • 4.7 g • ⌀ 27 mm
N# 149302

Jeton Religieux "Le dénuement des couvents"
ND (1752-1753)
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Silver • 10.57 g • ⌀ 30 mm
F# 3991, N# 331220

Token - Mary Magdalene
1830
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Bronze • 8.3 g • ⌀ 32 mm
N# 300349

Medal - Notre Dame de Grace (Cambrai)
1894
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
13.5 g • ⌀ 33 mm
N# 145157

Pie XI - Médaillon Saint Louis de Gonzague, par Penin à Lyon
ND (1922-1939)
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Silver plated • 8 g • ⌀ 25 mm
N# 346536

Jubilé de l'église de Lyon, 1886
1886
Miscellaneous tokens › Religious token
Bronze • 3.1 g • ⌀ 23 mm
N# 340900

France • Brothel tokens

1 Franc - Villa Natalia Ajaccio
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Brothel token
Aluminium • 2.1 g • ⌀ 33 mm
El Mon.# 25.5, Paynat# 14 page22, N# 26927

Token - Au Chat Noir (Alger)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Brothel token
Brass • 7.47 g • ⌀ 28 mm
Lec# 193, Paynat# 22 p151, TC# 215506, N# 159203

Au clair de lune chez Mme Anna - La Rochelle [17]
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Brothel token
Brass clad cardboard • ⌀ 22 mm
Paynat# 10 - page 120, N# 68711

Token - Monnaie de Singe - 27 Porte d’Aval (Amiens)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Brothel token
Brass clad cardboard • 1.15 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Paynat# 20 p23, N# 42450

Token - Monnaie de singe - Madame Valentine (Paris)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Brothel token
Brass • 1.8 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Paynat# 490 p112, N# 148207

Token - Monnaie de Singe - Aux Glaces (Paris)
ND (1890-1900)
Miscellaneous tokens › Brothel token
Brass clad cardboard • 1.63 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Paynat# 180 p88, TC# 105433, N# 53720

Token - Tenue par Mme rose
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Brothel token
Copper • ⌀ 26 mm
Paynat# 30 p61, N# 76926

Token - Aux Faunes (Paris)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Brothel token
Brass clad cardboard • ⌀ 22 mm
Paynat# 120 p86, N# 76279

Token - Aux Belles Poules (Paris)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Brothel token
Brass clad cardboard • 1.75 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Paynat# 390 p102, N# 34636

Token - Aux Belles Poules (Paris)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Brothel token
Brass plated cardboard • 1.68 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Paynat# 394 p103, N# 322680

Token - Monnaie de singe - Aux Belles Poules (Paris)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Brothel token
Bronze plated cardboard • ⌀ 21.5 mm
Paynat# 395 p104, N# 176034

Brothel Token - Agnella Studio Paris
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Brothel token
Brass • 15.45 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Paynat# 460 p107, N# 168968

Aux 3 Stars
1903
Miscellaneous tokens › Brothel token
Brass plated cardboard • 1.14 g • ⌀ 21.5 mm
Paynat# 100, N# 312552

Token - Cabaret Fraulein chez Suzy (Paris; occupation)
ND (1940-1944)
Miscellaneous tokens › Brothel token
Brass • 1.8 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Paynat# 470 p110, N# 148205

France • Casino chip or tokens

Poker Chip (Suited; 2 Stripe - 1)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Casino chip or token
Clay composite • 13.5 g • ⌀ 39.5 mm
N# 267423

Poker Chip (Suited; 2 Stripe - 5)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Casino chip or token
Clay composite • 13.5 g • ⌀ 39.5 mm
N# 267424

Poker Chip (Suited; 2 Stripe - 10)
ND
Miscellaneous tokens › Casino chip or token
Clay composite • 13.5 g • ⌀ 39.5 mm
N# 267425