Livre tournois
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The livre tournois was one of numerous currencies used in medieval France, and a unit of account used in early modern France.
La Banque Royale: 100 livres Tournois (1720)
Franc à cheval 1360 73001139
Charles V France franc pied 73001141
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
Livre tournois
…parisis (Paris pound) which had been up to that point the official currency of the Capetian dynasty. The livre tournois was, in common with the original livre of Charlemagne, divided into 20 sols (sous after 1715), each of which was divided into 12 deniers. Between 1360 and 1641, coins worth one livre tournois were minted…
French 1793 24₶. gold coin of 7.64 grams
10₶. note issued by La Banque Royale (1720)
Assignat for 125₶. (1793)