As CoinValueLookup noted, French coinage has a long and tumultuous history. For example, France’s King Jean II Le Bon passed a law that created the first franc in 1360, although coins had been ...

Today, many French coins prized by dealers and collectors date to 1800 or earlier, though a few were minted in the 19th century. Here’s a look at 13 of the most valuable French coins ...

Some have even argued that this represents the Biblical Ezekiel's wheel ... that in the 1600s the French witnessed enough UFO sightings to decide to put some of what they saw on coins,' writes ...

About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print ... Oct. 27.—A French savant has just finished counting the microbes that infest French coins handled daily.

Here’s how it works. Restorers at a famous Gothic ... The treasure — four bags of coins from the 1600s — was likely concealed during the Thirty Years' War, when Swedish soldiers frequently ...

When Antonucci's team stepped up to the plate, the first thing he did was get his hands on one of those French coins. A laser scan created a 3-D model of the French original, giving the U.S. team ...