French livre
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The livre was the currency of Kingdom of France and its predecessor states of Francia and West Francia from 781 to 1794. Several different livres existed, some concurrently. The livre was the name of
French 1793 24₶. gold coin of 7.64 grams
10₶. note issued by La Banque Royale (1720)
Assignat for 125₶. (1793)
Écu
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The term écu may refer to one of several French coins. The first écu was a gold coin minted during the reign of Louis IX of France, in 1266. The value of the écu varied considerably over time, and sil
French livre
…Upon his return from the crusades in the 1250s, Louis IX instigated a royal monopoly on the minting of coinage in France and minted the first gold écu d'or and silver gros d'argent, whose weights (and thus monetary divisions) were roughly equivalent to the livre tournois and the denier. Between 1360 and…
The first écu, issued by Louis IX of France, in 1266
écu à la chaise of Philip VI
écu à la couronne of Charles VI
écu au soleil of Louis XII