Issuing authority

Kingdom of France

The historical monarchy that ruled France from the Middle Ages until the French Revolution.

Kind: kingdom
Region: Western Europe, Europe
Recorded period: AD 843 – 1792

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Published entries

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

4 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1350 – 1709

4 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

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Catalogue entries (4)

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Cleveland Museum of Art

modern coins

Mouton d'Or of King Jean le Bon of France, 1350-1364 (Cleveland Museum of Art 1964.372)

1350–1364

Because this gold coin represents the Paschal Lamb, a symbol of Christ, on one of its faces, it is known as a "Golden Sheep"--Mouton d'Or in French. Cleveland Museum of Art object 1964.372: Mouton d'Or of King Jean le Bon of France, 1350-1364, 1350–1364. France, Gothic period, 14th century. Gold; diameter: 3.1 cm (1…

Documented

Partial type record

Five stuivers, emergency coin of Lille, captured by the Allies

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Five stuivers, emergency coin of Lille, captured by the Allies

1708

Obverse: crowned coat of arms on two crossed marshal's batons. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-449; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.1 cm x weight 1.96 g.

Documented

Partial type record

Twenty stuivers, emergency coin of Lille, captured by the Allies

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Twenty stuivers, emergency coin of Lille, captured by the Allies

1708

Obverse: crowned coat of arms on two crossed marshal's batons and ducal mantle, surrounded by the Orders of St. Louis, St. Michael, and the Holy Spirit; protruding above it: six banners. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-446; its record gives material recorded as copper (…

Documented

Partial type record

Double stuiver, emergency coin from Tournai captured by the Allies, struck by order of Marshal de Surville, made from a coin of Liège

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Double stuiver, emergency coin from Tournai captured by the Allies, struck by order of Marshal de Surville, made from a coin of Liège

1709-07-20

Uniface emergency coin. Obverse: tower with portcullis below numeral 2 within legend and decorative border. Reverse: blank. Traces of underlying legend visible on both sides. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-455; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalw…

Documented

Partial type record

Dated entries by century

14th century1
18th century3

Only the 4 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

Copper3
Gold1

An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.

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