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The 5-franc silver coin was called an écu, after the six-livre silver coin of the ancien regime, until the 1880s. [citation needed] Copper coins were rarely issued between 1801 and 1848, so the quarter franc was the lowest current denomination in circulation. But during this period, copper coins from earlier periods circulated.
In the late 18th century, billon 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 creuzer and 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 batz were issued, together with silver 1 ⁄ 3, 1 ⁄ 2, 2 ⁄ 3 and 1 gulden. The 1 ⁄ 3 and 2 ⁄ 3 gulden were denominated as 28 and 56 creuzer, whilst the 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 gulden were denominated as 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 and 21 batz. After 1799, only the billon coins were issued ...
The French silver écu was valued at 2 1 ⁄ 2 gulden. The French écu was equivalent to 4 francs of the Helvetic Republic, and afterwards to 4 Zürich franken. This 4-franken or 40-batzen Neutaler was minted during 1806–1848. In the late 18th century, silver coins were issued in denominations of 5, 10 and 20 Schilling, 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 Taler ...
In the late 18th century, billon coins were issued in denominations of 6 and 9 deniers, 1, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2, 3 and 6 sols, together with silver 15 sols, 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 thaler and gold 1 and 3 pistole. The 1 ⁄ 2 thaler were coined as "VI FLORINS IV S VI D", whilst the 1 thaler were coined "XII FLORINS IX SOLS".
The livre was established by Charlemagne as a unit of account equal to one pound of silver. [citation needed] It was subdivided into 20 sous (also sols), each of 12 deniers.[citation needed] The word livre came from the Latin word libra, a Roman unit of weight and still the name of a pound in modern French, and the denier comes from the Roman denarius.
The name evolved, along with the rest of the language, from Latin to French. Solidus became soldus, then solt in the 11th century, then sol a century later. In the 18th century, the spelling of sol was adapted to sou so as to be closer to the pronunciation that had previously become the norm for several centuries.
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