Need help with French denominations

Can anyone help me with the French denominations of the 1700s. I know there were ecu's and its fractions. What were the copper demominations? I have ordered the Krause 1701-1800 but it has not arrived yet.

 

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This is French monetary system at 1700-1789. From low to high face value.
- 2 deniers (copper coin).
- liard (copper coin). One liard = 3 deniers.
- 4 deniers (copper).
- 6 deniers (copper). A coins with such face value were released during the reing of the king Louis XIV (1643-1715). After his death these coins weren't released as "6 deniers" but were released as 1/2 sol.
This is 1/2 sol 1720 from the king Louis XV (1715-1774). This coin was equal to 6 deniers.

 

Here is French liard from the king Louis XVI (1774-1792).

 

- 1 sol (copper). This coin was equal to 12 deniers. First coin with such face value was released at 1719. This is 1 sol 1784 from the king Louis XVI.

 

During the French Revolution a coins with face value "12 deniers" were released. Moreover! Franch monarchy was abolished at 1792 and the king Louis XVI was executed at January 1793 - but a coins with his portrait were released at 1793 too!

This is 12 deniers 1793.

 

- 15 deniers (billon). The last release of such coins was at 1713.
- 16 deniers (billon). The last release of such coins was at 1715.
- 2 sols (billon). Was equal to 24 deniers. A coins with such face value were released during the reign of the king Louis XV (1715-1774) and at 1791-1793 (during the French Revolution). A coins wich were released during the Revolution were made from bronze.

This is 2 sol 1792, bronze.

 

- 30 deniers (billon). A coins with such face value were released until 1713.
- 5 sols (silver .798, weight - 1,696 g.). Such coin was equal to 60 deniers or 1/16 ecu. 5 sols were released during the reign of the king Louis XIV (1643-1715) at 1702-1704.

This is 5 sols 1703.

 

- 6 sols (silver .917, weight - 1,529 g.). First release was at 1716. It is strange but 6 sols of the king Louis XV was equal to 1/20 ecu, but 5 sols of the king Louis XIV was equal to 1/16 ecu. Since the 1726 the weight of 6-sols coin was 1,474 g. only. The last release was at 1783 during the reign of the king Louis XVI.
- 10 sols (silver .798, weight - 3,392 g.). Was equal to 1/8 ecu. The first release was at 1704 and the last release - at 1719. But during the French Revolution (at 1792) a silver tokens with such face value were released.
10 sols is a strange coin: different Mints released such coins with a different weight. For example - 10 sols of Metz Mint weighed 3,392 g., but 10 sols of Paris Mint - 3,263 g. only.
Moreover! Since the 1710 Strassburg Mint released 10-sols coins with the weight 3,098 g. only. During the reign of the king Louis XV (1715-1774) the weight of 10-sols coins was reduced to 2,04 grams, thus, content of silver was increased to the .917 (such coins were circulated in Navarre and Bearn).

 

- 12 sols (silver .917, weight - 3,059 g.). Was equal to 1/10 ecu. At the same time, 12-sols coins for an appeal in Navarre weighed 2,447 g., only. But since 1718 until 1726 the weight of such coins was 2,447 g. (for an appeal in a whole France). Since 1726 10-sols coins weighed 2,948 g. The last release was at 1790.

- 15 sols (silver .917, weight - 2,948 g.). The first release was at 1725. 15 sols was equal to 1/8 ecu (as 10 sols too). The secret was simple: 10 sols (silver .798, weight from 3,392 to 3,098 g.) - the silver content was lower but the weight was more. During the french Revolution such coins were released in another weight and silver content (silver .666, weight - 5 g.).

 

- 20 sols or 1/6 ecu (silver .917, weight - 4,079 g.). The first release was at 1719 and the last release was at 1792 during the French Revolution (as tokens).

-24 sols or 1/5 ecu (silver .917, weight - 5,585 g.). The first release was at 1726. The last release was at 1790. During the reign of the king Louis XVI (1774-1792) the weight of 24-sols coins was 5,835 g.

- 30 sols or 1/4 ecu (silver .917, weight - 7,648 g.). This weight was until the 1718; sinse the 1718 the weight was 6118 g., and at 1725 - 5,895 g. only. The last release was at 1725. During the French Revolution a coins with such face value was released again (weight - 10 g., silver .666).

 

- 33 sols (silver .833, weight - 9,295 g.). Such coins were released at 1705-1708 only.
-1/3 ecu (silver .917, weight - 8,158 g.). The last release was at 1723.
- 1/2 ecu (silver .917, weight - 13,544 g.). This coin was equal to 43 sols. At the same time, at 1709-1714 the weight of such coins was 12,392 g. and a silver content - .833 only (it is interesting fact: such coins with low silver content was equal to 44 sols).
Since 1714 to 1718 the weight of 1/2 ecu was 15,296 g., and silver content was .917. Since the 1718 the weight was 12,237 g., and silver content was .833 again. 1725's release: silver .917, weight - 11,79 g. But since 1726 until 1791 the weight was 14,744 g., silver .917.

 

- Ecu: silver .917, weight - 30,594 g. (until 1716). At 1716-1718 the weight was 30.599 g. At 1718-1723 the weight was 24,475 g. At 1724 the weight of ecu from Rouen, Caen, La Rochelle, Limoges, Poitiers, Caen, Lyon and Strasbourg Mints was 23,59 g. only; at the same time, the weight of ecu from Dijon, Lille, Monpelye, Orleans, Nantes, Troyes, Amiens and Rennes Mints was 24,475 g. But since the 1729 until 1791 the weight was 29,488 g.

 

- 1/2 louis d'or (gold .917, weight - 3,35 g. It was the standard until the 1716th).
The release of the 1716: weight - 4,079 g. The release of 1717: weight - 3,059 g. The release of 1718: weight - 3,059 g. (Rouen Mint) and 4,835 g. (Strasbourg and Lyon Mints). Since 1726 until the 1784 (the last release) thre weight was 4,079 g.

- louis d'or (gold .917, weight - 6,69 g.). At 1709-1715 the weight was 8,13 g. After the death of the king Louis XIV (1643-1715) the weight of louis d'or was 8,158 g. (at 1715-1716) but since the 1717th the weight was 6,118 g. only.
At 1718-1723 the weight of louis d'or was 9,79 g,, but at 1724-25 - 6,525 g. only.
Since 1726 until 1785 the weight of louis d'or was 8,158 g. At 1785 the weight of a coins from Paris and Metz Mints about 7,649 grams were reduced (at the same time, the weight of a coins from Rouen, Strasbourg, La Rochelle and Monpelye Mints was 8,158 g.).
Since the 1786 until 1791 (the last release) the weight of louis d'or was 7,649 g.

 

- 2 louis d'or (gold .917, weight - 13,39 g. It was the standard until 1709). At 1712-1715 the weight was 16,25 g. After the death od the king Louis XIV the weight of a coin was increased to 16,316 grams. But at the second half of the 1716th the weight of a coin was reduced to 12,235 g.
At 1723-24 the weight was increased to 13,05 g. At 1725-1741 such coins weren't released. And at 1742-1785 2 louis d'or coins were released with such standard: gold .917, weight - 16,316 g.
NB! At 1785 the weight of a coins from Rouen and Metz Mints was 16,316 g, but the weight of a coins from Paris, Lyon and Limoges Mints was 15,297 g. only.
And since 1785 until 1791 (the last release) the weight was 15,297 g.

 

Decimal coinage (The First Republic).
100 centimes = 1 franc.
First coins were released at 1795.

 

5 cemtimes l'an 7 (1798-1799).

 

Un decime l'an 5 (1796-1797).

 

That is all, gentlemen.