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Écu (from Latin scutum) means shield, and the coin was so called because its design included the coat of arms of France. The word is related to the Catalan escut, Italian scudo, or Portuguese and Castilian escudo. In English, the écu was often referred to as the crown, [2] or the French crown in the eras of the English crown, British crown ...
This usage dates from when the word “sou” was used in French-speaking Lower Canada to refer to the halfpenny coin of the Canadian pound; at that time an American quarter was valued at 1 shilling 3 pence Canadian (i.e. 15 pence Canadian), and the usage remained after Canada switched currencies. "Échanger quatre trente sous pour une piastre ...
E. Écu; French euro coins; Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (France) Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (France): 2002; Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (France): 2003
Here’s a look at 13 of the most valuable French coins, according to CoinValueLookup: 1640 Louis XIII 10 Louis d’Or: $456,000 estimated value. 1670 Louis XIV 15 Sols: $132,000.
Examples are "S" for San Francisco on U.S. coins, or "A" for Paris on French coins. mint roll Newly minted coins wrapped in rolls of a certain quantity, by the mint or issuing authority. mint set A set of uncirculated coins packaged and sold by a mint. [1] Mint State (MS) Another term for uncirculated or fleur de coin, usually used in North ...
The livre parisis ([livʁ paʁizi], Paris pound), also known as the Paris or Parisian livre, was a medieval French coin and unit of account originally notionally equivalent to a French pound of silver. [1] It was the chief currency of the Capetian dynasty before being generally replaced by the livre tournois ("Tours pound") under Philip II in ...
Reverse of the same coin 1803 Paris (AN XI indicates the 11th year after the French Revolution, or the latter part of 1803). A coin not often seen (58,262 were minted), this example exhibits Extra Fine details for a 206-year-old coin. The "A" denotes the Paris mint and the rooster denotes the mint master Charles-Pierre de l'Espine (1797–1821).
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