Liard (coin)
Liard is the name of a small coin originally containing silver, which was first minted in the then newly acquired French territory of Dauphiné before 1400.
The coin image featured a dolphin, the heraldic animal of the Dauphiné, on the obverse, and a cross with lilies on the reverse. The value of the coin was three turns . In the second half of the 15th century was under Louis XI. the coin minted in the other parts of the French kingdom as well. Under King Francis I , the design of the coin changed. Instead of the dolphin, the name initial F was mostly embossed on the front. The subsequent rulers did the same. Under Louis XIV, the Liard was first minted in copper in 1649. At first it was still valid for three turns, but was then reduced to two in 1658. The coin remained in use in France and its colonies until 1856. In the Habsburg Netherlands, today's Belgium, the Liard was minted as a copper coin from the 17th century. It was in circulation there until it was occupied by the French revolutionary troops at the end of the 18th century. There were 254 Liards worth a Kronentaler . The coin was also minted in other territories bordering France such as Mömpelgard , where it was worth 2 pfennigs, or Luxembourg .
As Liardo, a billon coin , the issue was continued in Monaco from 1720. On the front a bust of the prince and on the back the coat of arms.
literature
- Friedrich Schrötter, N. Bauer: Dictionary of coinage. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1970, ISBN 978-3-11001-227-9 , p. 351.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gerhard Schön, German coin catalog 18th century to: Württemberg-Mömpelgard