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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 ...
The term écu (French pronunciation:) may refer to one of several French coins. [1] The first écu was a gold coin (the écu d'or) minted during the reign of Louis IX of France, in 1266. The value of the écu varied considerably over time, and silver coins (known as écu d'argent) were also introduced.
Many French residents, though, continued to quote prices of especially expensive items in terms of the old franc (equivalent to the new centime), up to and even after the introduction of the euro (for coins and banknotes) in 2002. [4] The French franc was a commonly held international reserve currency of reference in the 19th and 20th centuries ...
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.
The Monnaie de Paris (French pronunciation: [mɔnɛ də paʁi], Paris Mint) is a government-owned institution responsible for producing France's coins. Founded in AD 864 with the Edict of Pistres, [1] it is the oldest continuously running minting institution and one of the oldest extant companies in the world.
This coin series was first described in numismatic literature by the early Canadian numismatist R.W. McLachlan in his book Canadian Numismatics, published in 1886. He called the coins the "un sou" series, and was the first to comprehensively describe their background, characteristics and to describe their manufacture, where known. [28]
[16] [17] ″Esterlin″ was an Old French word (ca. 1190, Anglo-Norman dialect) that referred to Scottish coin (sterling, or ″denier″). [18] As references cited later on this page show, its application changed over time in accordance with the changing historical context, though it is not current in Modern French.
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