Liard (coin)

Liard is the name for an originally containing silver small coin, which was first coined in the then newly acquired French territory Dauphiné before 1400.

The inner part pointed to the front of a dolphin, the heraldic animal of the Dauphiné, on the back of a cross with lilies. The value of the coin was three Turnosen. In the second half of the 15th century under Louis XI. the coin minted in other parts of the kingdom of France. Under King Francis I changed the motif. Now instead of the Dolphin the name initial F was most marked on the front. Similarly seduce the following rulers. Under Louis XIV the Liard in 1649 for the first time pronounced in copper. At first he was still three Turnosen, but was then reduced to two in 1658. The coin remained until 1856 in France and its colonies in use. Also in the Habsburg Netherlands, now Belgium, the Liard was pronounced from the 17th century as a copper coin. He was there until the occupation by the French revolutionary troops at the end of the 18th century in circulation. There were 254 Liards a Kronentaler. In other adjoining territories such as France or Luxembourg Mömpelgard the coin was minted.

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