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Coinage of Philip IV of France

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62: 179: 102: 163: 135: 126:(instead of 24 karats), a title of only 0.916. The copper alloy used actually hardened the coin, so that it was nicknamed "Royal dur" ("Hard Royal"). Its value was one "livre Parisis" (one "Parisis pound"). It represented a major devaluation, and represented an attempt by Philip IV to obtain revenues through minting. At minting, the coin was attributed an account value of 25 sols tournois (one pound parisis). 81:, also called "Petit Royal assis" ("Small seated Royal") was the first French gold coin to reach major circulation. It was first minted in August 1290. Its popularity was due to the fact that it was an authentic Florin, with a weight of 3.54 grams, and entirely made of pure gold (1.000 title). It was circulated without problem among the gold 142:
The "Chaise d'or" ("Golden throne") was a gold coin with the depiction of a large Gothic throne on which the king was seated. It was produced from August 22, 1303, and had a title of 1.000. This coin was an authentic double Florin, with a weight of 7.10g at 24 karats. It was meant to erase the memory
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of 1295. It was minted from 10 January 1296 to August 1310. This coin was supposed to be a "Double Florin", but it was actually debased (it was a "false" Double-Florin). The weight of the coin was indeed double that of the "Petit Royal assis" (7.10g), but its title was only 22
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The "Denier d'or de la Reine" was another important coin of Philip IV. It was minted from 1305, and had a title of 1.000. Its account value at the time of mint is unknown.
196:("golden lamb") was the last gold coin of the reign of Philip the Fair. It had a weight of 4.13g and was composed of pure 24 karats gold. Its value was one 48:"). Philip however had to resort extensively to monetary devaluations and reevaluations in order to finance his royal budget as well as his war efforts. 40:(1268–1314, also known as "Philippe le Bel") marks the first mass diffusion of gold coinage in the Kingdom of France (before him, only his grandfather 242: 61: 186:: "AGN'(us)D(e)I'QVITOLL(is)P(e)CCA(ta)MV(n)DI MISERERE NOB'(IS) "Lamb of God burdened by the sins of the World, have mercy on us". 178: 101: 297: 292: 221: 162: 82: 78: 113:
This landmark coin of Philip the Fair, called a "Masse d'or", was issued soon after the "false" double-
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The "Chaise d'Or" was worth 50 parisis sols, that is 2.5 parisis pounds at the time of minting.
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coins which had been in circulation. This coin incorporates the first elements of
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Another important coin of Philip IV: the "Denier d'or de la Reine".
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Philip IV also minted a variety of silver and billon coins.
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Masse de Philippe le Bel, 10 January 1296, gold, 7.04g.
69:: "PhILIPPVS DEI GRATIA" "Philip, by the Grace of God". 182:
Agnel de Philippe le Bel, 26 January 1311, gold 4.01g.
272: 270: 260: 258: 8: 254: 73:: "FRANCORUM REX" "King of the French". 7: 44:, had minted a few gold coins, the " 14: 138:"Chaise d'Or" of Philip the Fair. 85:and their imitations throughout 237:. Editions Maison Platt, 1999. 235:Les monnaies françaises royales 16:Coins during rule of Philip IV 1: 157: 314: 77:Philippe le Bel's golden 158:Denier d'or de la Reine 151:ever on a French coin. 187: 167: 139: 110: 74: 30: 222:Cabinet des MĂ©dailles 181: 165: 137: 104: 64: 22: 200:or 15 Parisis sols ( 298:Philip IV of France 149:Gothic architecture 37:Philip IV of France 188: 168: 140: 111: 75: 31: 83:Florentine Florin 305: 277: 274: 265: 262: 217:Monnaie de Paris 173: 129: 96: 93:(half a pound). 56: 313: 312: 308: 307: 306: 304: 303: 302: 293:Coins of France 283: 282: 281: 280: 275: 268: 263: 256: 251: 233:Jean Duplessy. 230: 213: 176: 160: 143:of the debased 132: 99: 59: 54: 17: 12: 11: 5: 311: 309: 301: 300: 295: 285: 284: 279: 278: 276:Duplessy p.105 266: 264:Duplessy p.104 253: 252: 250: 247: 246: 245: 229: 226: 225: 224: 219: 212: 209: 198:Livre tournois 175: 172: 159: 156: 131: 128: 98: 95: 58: 55: 53: 50: 42:Saint Louis IX 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 310: 299: 296: 294: 291: 290: 288: 273: 271: 267: 261: 259: 255: 248: 244: 243:2-9510355-3-5 240: 236: 232: 231: 227: 223: 220: 218: 215: 214: 210: 208: 205: 203: 199: 195: 194: 185: 180: 171: 164: 155: 152: 150: 146: 136: 127: 125: 120: 116: 108: 103: 94: 92: 88: 84: 80: 72: 68: 63: 51: 49: 47: 43: 39: 38: 28: 27: 21: 234: 206: 202:Sous Parisis 201: 197: 191: 189: 183: 169: 153: 141: 112: 106: 76: 70: 66: 52:Gold coinage 34: 32: 24: 130:Chaise d'or 57:Florin d'or 35:coinage of 287:Categories 228:References 193:Agnel d'or 174:Agnel d'or 97:Masse d'or 26:agnel d'or 211:Exhibits 119:tournois 91:tournois 115:parisis 241:  145:billon 124:karats 87:Europe 79:Florin 249:Notes 239:ISBN 190:The 117:and 33:The 204:). 184:Obv 107:Obv 71:Rev 67:Obv 46:Ecu 23:An 289:: 269:^ 257:^ 29:.

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agnel d'or
Philip IV of France
Saint Louis IX
Ecu

Florin
Florentine Florin
Europe
tournois

parisis
tournois
karats

billon
Gothic architecture


Agnel d'or
Monnaie de Paris
Cabinet des MĂ©dailles
ISBN
2-9510355-3-5




Categories
Coins of France

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