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2. French franc - Wikipedia

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   The franc (/ f r æ ŋ k /; French: franc français, [fʁɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; sign: F or Fr), [n 2] also commonly distinguished as the French franc (FF), was a currency of France.Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money.

3. These 13 French Coins Are Worth Thousands, Including ... - AOL

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   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

4. French sol - Wikipedia

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   Gros from Saint Louis worth 1 sou tournois. The sol, later called a sou, is the name of a number of different coins, for accounting or payment, dating from Antiquity to today. The name is derived from the late-Roman and Byzantine solidus. Its longevity of use anchored it in many expressions of the French language.

5. French livre - Wikipedia

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   Yet in 1720 a special coin minted in pure silver was produced and assigned a token value of 1₶. Additionally, France took Navarrese 20-sou coins minted in 1719 and 1720, re-struck them as 1 ⁄ 6 écu (between the years of 1720 and 1723) essentially creating a coin worth 1 livre.

6. Louis d'or - Wikipedia

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   The Louis d'or fixed several problems with previous French gold coinage. Louis XIII previously struck coins from 23 carat gold even though Charles V had made 22 carats the de facto international standard for gold coinage a century earlier. [4] Royal edicts had set the official values of his gold coins so low that it was profitable to export ...

7. Napoléon (coin) - Wikipedia

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   The coins were originally minted in two denominations, 20 and 40 francs for Napoléon Bonaparte. The 40-franc gold piece did not become popular. [8] The 20 franc coins are 21 mm in diameter (about the size of a U.S. five-cent piece or a Swiss 20 Rappen coin), weigh 6.45 grams (gross weight) and; at 90% pure, contain 0.1867 troy ounces (5.807 g) of pure gold.