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The Sauvionnières Hoard: An Incredible Discovery in an Old Barn
Sometimes, history emerges where you least expect it. In Les Sauvionnières, a small hamlet in the commune of Vallet, a single blow of a pickaxe was enough to bring more…
The Marblehead Hoard : an incredible discovery beneath a colonial house
There are discoveries that completely reshape our understanding of monetary history. The Marblehead hoard, uncovered in the small coastal town of Massachusetts, is one of them. While renovating an old…
The Valenciennes Hoard : The Buried gold coins of the Sun King
The Treasure of Valenciennes remains one of the most spectacular numismatic discoveries ever made in France. Unearthed by chance in 1949, this treasure contains thousands of gold and silver coins, bearing…
The Constitutional Gold and Silver Coins of Louis XVI
The constitutional period of Louis XVI, which spanned from 1791 to 1792, constitutes a crucial phase in French monetary history. Marked by the transition between the Ancien Régime and the…
THE GOLD COINS OF PHILIP VI
From the reign of Saint Louis (1214-1270), the kings of France strove to centralize and unify coinage, gradually putting an end to feudal minting. This process reached its peak under…
The Ecu d’Or
The gold écu is one of the most iconic coins in French monetary history. First minted in 1266 during the reign of Louis IX, this coin symbolized the unification of…
