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French livre

The livre (abbreviation: £ or ₶.,[1] French for libra (pound)) 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 coins and of units of account.

This article is about an obsolete unit of currency. Not to be confused with French livre (unit of mass).

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the double Louis d'or (gold coin) of 48₶.

the (gold coin) of 24₶.

Louis d'or

the demi-Louis d'or or half-Louis (gold coin) of 12₶.

the (silver coin) of 6₶. or 120 sous, along with 1⁄2, 1⁄4 and 1⁄8 écu denominations valued at 60, 30 and 15 sous

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the (copper coin) denominated in 1 and 2 sou units valued at 1⁄20₶. (or 12 deniers) per sou

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the (copper coin) denominated in 3 and 6 denier units valued at 1⁄4 and 1⁄2 sou respectively (the three denier coin was also called a liard).

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