Post your coins from France

PillarDollarCollector

Thanks

coinkat

1704 Ecu

coinkat

1642-A 1/2 Ecu

coinkat

1704-9 1/2 Ecu

PillarDollarCollector

Is there a price guide for coins from France?

Bob13

BSmith

France, Metz. Thierry de Boppart. 1365-84 Gros

Bjorn

Several price guides... for post-1795 coins, I like using Le Franc by DESROUSSEAUX, PRIEUR and SCHMITT . For Royal Coins, I would say there are several - I am less familiar with this area, but have heard that Les monnaies royales francaises by Clairand and Prieur is good for them. there are numerous other specialist guides, for various types of both silver and copper/bronze feudal coins, Roman coins struck in Gaul, etc. as well. You can see a good assortment of books at:

https://www.cgb.fr/boutique,librairie.html

I may post some coins shortly, but unfortunately sold most of my best pieces (numerous gros tournois from St. Louis to Charles VI, along with gros from several cities/bishops) several years ago when money was tight! I also had a really nice branch mint decime overstruck on a 2 decime with nearly all details of both coins still present...

Herb_T

I find the WWII coins that were minted during the Nazi occupation to be particularly interesting.

Cucumbor

John Conduitt

Napoléon I Franc, 1808

Lille. Silver, 5.0g. Mintmark W (KM 682.14).

And the less popular...

Napoléon III Five Francs, 1870

Paris. Silver, 36mm, 24.8g. SEDAN stamped on neck. Crowned and mantled coat-of-arms within collar; behind, sceptre and Hand of Justice crossed in saltire. Mintmark A (F 331). Napoléon III's coins were the focus of a concerted political and satirical attack after the humiliating defeat by the Prussians at the Battle of Sedan in 1870. Paris surrendered to the Prussians and the French had to pay a huge indemnity. The French were not happy with this, and defaced Napoléon III's coins and stamped them with insults. Civil war erupted and Napoléon III was overthrown.

Swampboy

SmEagle1795

Might be cheating but this stater is from Parisii, the Celtic group that eventually became Paris:

Swampboy

Holy Carp! @SmEagle1795
That is simply an awesome work of numismatic art and a phenomenal piece of history.
WTG!

Swampboy

@BSmith said:
France, Metz. Thierry de Boppart. 1365-84 Gros

Hammered

Euclid

bramn8r

jgenn

Écu d’argent

Cucumbor

Two gold 20 francs I bought after I had posted in this thread :

Nap

Merovingian tremissis of Charibert II, king of Aquitaine 629-632

Medieval French feudal denier of Bertrand, count of Toulouse 1106-1112

atom

Napoleon 5 Francs AN 14-L (1805) 5 Fr Gad-580 MS62 Mintage 14,691

sjkrose

How about a Gold Louis d'Or 1704-D...

HoledandCreative

CoinCrazyPA

1984worldcoins

Some 1984 France base metal piedforts in the original plastic satchel on the way, all very low mintage (below 100):

savoyspecial

pic courtesy of LordM, but coin is mine now

rhubarbe

@KingOfMorganDollar said:
Is there a price guide for coins from France?

Gadoury, Le Franc, Droulers

rhubarbe

https://www.lefranc.net/

CGB works on a book on royal coins (1610-1794) that will be released soon and will be the most complete book on the currencies of this period with all states of preservation and price ratings and rarity.

rhubarbe

Louis d'or 1696 K Bordeaux AU50 - indice de rareté R4

rhubarbe

Écu de France 1721 K Bordeaux AU53 - indice de rareté R4

rhubarbe

⅓ d'écu de France 1723 R Orléans XF45 - indice de rareté R4

7Jaguars

OK, colonial but in hand will readily hold its own:

Showmetheway

Really worn 1 Ecu from Louis XV, minted 1726-1740 I believe

rhubarbe

Essai 5 francs 1970 CU NI SP69

rhubarbe

Double Louis Dor de Béarn au bandeau 1753 variété renard marchant à droite AU55

Nap

Here is a rare Merovingian coin, in the name of Ebroin, presumed to be the Ebroin who was mayor of the palace of Neustria in the 7th century.

Merovingian denier of Ebroin, mayor of the palace of Neustria 658-673, 675-680/681
Mint: possibly Melle or Paris
Belfort 3460 (var)
Bais 99
O: Bust right with wreath behind, hand in front
R: Large letter 'E', BRO/INO

The mayors of the palace were the main power in late Merovingian times, with the "Roi fainéant" (do-nothing kings) as figureheads. Eventually one mayor, Pepin "the short" would kick aside the last of the Merovingians and become king himself. His son, Charles, later known as Charlemagne, would be a legend.

Per Grierson in MEC:1, only two coins in the name of Ebroin were previously documented, both in national collections of France and Germany. None of the other mayors of the palace seem to have issued coins in their names, though there are some deniers that have been possibly assigned to Charles Martel or Pepin before he became king.

WillieBoyd2

Louis XI, the "Spider King"

France Louis XI (1461-1483) Ecu d'or
Gold, 27 mm, 3.34 gm, Perpignan Mint

A French king who kept wild turkeys as pets.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1016422/louis-xi-the-spider-king-of-france-1461-1483-and-his-pet-turkeys

rhubarbe

4 sols aux 2 L 1692 9 Rennes en MS61
Flan réformé sur une 4 sols aux traitants de l'atelier de Lyon (D).

rhubarbe

15 sols françois 1792 R pour Orléans variété 2/1 et an 4 sur an 3
Rarissime dans un tel état de conservation (AU55) pour Orléans.

rhubarbe

⅙ d'écu de France 1723 R pour Orléans.
Pièce inédite non listée et non circulé.

coinandcurrency242

rhubarbe

Highest ranking coin.

rhubarbe

1845 - B Rouen 25 centimes

7Jaguars

Here ya go:

rhubarbe

⅓ d'écu de France 1723 H La Rochelle AU50 - indice de rareté R3 - Le Chameau

1960NYGiants

A recent addition to my French Colonials:

Bob13

Swampboy

Weiss

BillJones

Here is the only one I have, a Richard the Lion Heart denier. I have it because the pieces he issued from England had his father, Henry II's, name on them.

UpGrayedd

Does this count? It is not a French coin, but it was graded by the French TPG GENI. I actually only bought it because I like the unique slab design.