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French 1793 24₶. gold coin of 7.64 grams
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.
^Diderot, Denis; le Rond d'Alembert, Jean. "ABR". Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (in French). Vol. 1. p. 37b–38a.
The livre (abbreviation: £ or ₶., French for libra (pound)) was the currency of Kingdom of France and its predecessor states of Francia and West Francia...
The livre tournois (French pronunciation: [livʁ tuʁnwa]; lit. 'Tours pound'; abbreviation: ₶.) was one of numerous currencies used in medieval France, and...
(/fræŋk/; French: franc français, [fʁɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; sign: F or Fr), also commonly distinguished as the French franc (FF), was a currency of France. Between...
Look up livre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Livre may refer to: Frenchlivre, one of a number of obsolete units of currency of FranceLivre tournois...
The livre was the currency of New France, the French colony in modern-day Canada. It was subdivided into 20 sols, each of 12 deniers. The New France livre...
to commerce—such as the French ell (aune) used for cloth and the French pound (livre) used for amounts—varied dramatically from locality to locality....
Hachette Livre (French pronunciation: [a.ʃɛt]) is a French publisher. Founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif, the company later became L. Hachette...
generally linked to the Frenchlivre at the rate of 1+1⁄2 colonial livres = 1 Frenchlivre. Colonies where it was used include French Guiana, Guadeloupe (see...
The livre parisis ([livʁ paʁizi], Paris pound), also known as the Paris or Parisian livre, was a medieval French coin and unit of account originally notionally...
The livre was the currency of Haiti until 1813. The Haitian livre was a French colonial currency, distinguished by the use, in part, of Spanish coins....
LIVRE (lit. 'FREE', L), previously known as LIVRE/Tempo de Avançar (lit. 'FREE/Time to Move Forward', L/TDA), is a green political party in Portugal founded...
notes. The book was then named Devisement du Monde and Livres des Merveilles du Monde in French, and De Mirabilibus Mundi in Latin. The British scholar...
8th to the 20th century. The Carolingian system is the origin of the Frenchlivre tournois (predecessor of the franc), the Italian lira, and the pound...
The Book of Solutions (French: Le Livre des solutions) is a 2023 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Michel Gondry. It had its world premiere...
Infernal, the Livre des Esperitz (as "Poymon"), the Liber Officiorum Spirituum (as Paimon), The Book of Abramelin, and certain French editions of The...
The livre was currency of Jersey until 1834. It consisted entirely of French coins. Until the 1720s, the currency used was the Frenchlivre, subdivided...
or a French Louis d'Argent, equivalent to the Spanish dollar (24.93 g fine silver), worth 3 livres tournois or 60 sols. After 1726, the French écu (laubthaler)...
where it continued to be used into medieval times. The Turkish lira, the Frenchlivre (until 1794), the Italian lira (until 2002), Lebanese pound and the pound...
The pound (French: Livre de Jersey, Jèrriais: Louis de Jersey; abbreviation: JEP; sign: £) is the currency of Jersey. Jersey is in currency union with...
significant consideration when determining bore diameters. For example, the Frenchlivre, until 1812, had a mass of 489.5 g (1.079 lb), whilst the contemporary...
The Guadeloupe livre was a French colonial currency, distinguished by the use, in part, of Spanish coins. Initially, the Frenchlivre circulated. This...
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