Monnaie Française

livres sols d.
1 Louis d'Or = [1640: 6.69 / 6.12 g Au]
= [1709: 8.13 / 7.46 g Au]
= [1715: 8.16 / 7.48 g Au]
= [1717: 6.12 / 5.61 g Au]
= [1718: 9.79 / 8.97 g Au]
= [1723: 6.53 / 5.98 g Au]
= [1726-77: 8.16 / 7.48 g Au]
1 Écu / Louis Blanc = 60 Sols
1 Livre / Franc = 20 Sols
1 Sol Turnois = 12 Deniers
1 Denier    

The value of the louis d'or, issued from the reform of 1640/41 to 1793, fluctuated (for most of the time) between 10 and 30 livres. Foreign traders accepted the coin at divers rates following their own changing perspectives on the value of gold and the quality of the coin. See Newton's Assessment of 1702.link

 

Monnaie de Genève

fl. sols d.
21 Sols = 1/2 livre courant*
10½ Sols = 1/4 livre courant*
1 Florin / fl. = 12 Sols
1 Trois-sols = 3 Sols
1 Sol / s. = 12 Deniers
1 Trois-quarts = 9 Deniers
1 Quart = 3 Deniers
1 Fort = 1 1/2 Deniers
1 Denier / d.

French money – the livre, sol and denier courant – interfered as a parallel currency of accountinglink and led to the minting of the odd 21 and 10½ sols pieces subdividing the French livre.

More information about Swiss money.link
Exchange rate: French Livres = Florins à Genève

Source: Körner / Furrer / Bartlome (2001)link Comparison of Coinslink
© Matthias Böhne / Olaf Simons, 2005