If you travel to France these days ... abolished the franc as legal currency and replaced it with the silver ecu and gold Louis coins. However, the term “franc” remained in use for many ...

Archaeologists in France have discovered an 1,800-year-old gold ring with a chiseled portrait of Venus, a Roman goddess associated with victory in battle, in addition to a handful of coins from a ...

"One of them told me 'Hey, there is a piece of money in eBay France that could be a real denarius of Charlemagne." You may like Hoard of silver Roman coins found in UK — and some date to reign ...

Archaeologists with the National Center for Scientific Research and other institutions in France revealed ... a large amount of silver pieces together with Arab gold coins and a signet ring ...

Global bimetallism worked as long as both gold and silver coins circulated in France. France would then operate as a global monetary stabilizer: through a mechanism called Gresham’s law, changes in ...