What was called the name of the coin in the 17 century in France?

Question

Im doing a project for history (grade 7) and i have to do an advertasing poster about Coureurs de bois, but hte thing is that one of the ideas i need to put how much the job is oging to pay them; so does anyone know what was called the name of the coin in the 17 centurey like dollar or euro.

thnx you are really helping me. Anyway thnx!! lol ;) :)

Answer 1

this is interesting.

until 1640, france used the franc, then louis XIII remaned the coin the "louis".

it changed back to the franc after the revolution of 1789.

they were divided into ecus and sols - things were cheap in those days, a franc would have been a lot of money to most people. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_(coin)

http://www.cgb.fr/monnaies/articles/monnaiesfrance/roislouisgb.html

so it depends which half of the 17th century you are talking about.

Answer 2

With so many decks out there, the names or titles of individual cards can vary, usually when there are changes it is to fit in with the theme of the deck. There are 78 cards in a Tarot deck; divided into 2 Arcanas; The Major Arcana with 22 cards numbered 0-21 in roman numerals- 0 – Fool I- Magician II – High Priestess III - Empress IV - Emperor V - Hierophant VI - Lovers VII - Chariot VIII – Strength IX - Hermit X – Wheel of Fortune XI - Justice XII – Hanged Man XIII - Death XIV - Temperance XV - Devil XVI - Tower XVII - Star XVIII - Moon XIX - Sun XX Judgement XXI - World The Minor Arcana has 56 cards. The Minor Arcana is further divided into 4 suits; Swords Wands Cups Pentacles The suits are sometimes changes as well such as Blades Batons Chalices Coins The suits are of 14 cards each, cards are numbered 1-10 and have 4 Court cards- Page, Knight, Queen, King. Some decks add in a few extra cards to the Major Arcana and are still called Tarot, but typically, any deck of cards that is not 78 cards and formatted with the Aracnum and Suits is not a Tarot deck and is called and Oracle deck.

Answer 3

The name of the coin for France under the rule of King Louis XIII was "Jeton".
Hope that helps!♥

Answer 4

There were a number of different coinages used by the French at that time period.

Louis' d'Or were gold coins of the highest denomination.

In addition, there were LIVRES, PISTOLES, SOU, and a couple of other coins that slip my mind.

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