Gold coins of the Latin Monetary Union

By treaty dated 23 December 1865 France, Belgium, Italy, and Switzerland formed the Latin Monetary Union. They agreed to a combined gold and silver standard with a gold-to-silver ratio of 15.5 to 1 as established in the French Franc. One LMU Franc represented 4.5 grams of fine silver or 0.290322 gram of fine gold. Following the International Monetary Conference of 1867, the original four nations were joined by Greece, Spain and Romania. Other states later adopted the system without formally joining the treaty.
Coins of the Latin Monetary Union:
Value Weight Diameter Metal
100 Fr. 32.26 g 35 mm Gold .900
50 Fr. 16.13 g 28 mm Gold .900
20 Fr. 6.45 g 21 mm Gold .900
10 Fr. 3.23 g 19 mm Gold .900
5 Fr. 1.61 g 17 mm Gold .900
5 Fr. 25.00 g 37 mm Silver .900
2 Fr. 10.00 g 27 mm Silver .835
1 Fr. 5.00 g 23 mm Silver .835
0.50 Fr. 2.50 g 18 mm Silver .835
0.20 Fr. 1.00 g 16 mm Silver .835

[@Bigum99]

Learned much and fantastic collection, well done, thanks

[@SilverBlackBird1989]

The Swiss 20 Franc is my all time favorite. The others are nice as well but they can't beat the swiss in design.

[@andreg3912]

Tha Helvetia (Vreneli) is a really beautiful classic design. Thanks for watching.

[@silberfuchsag4746]

Hallo, tolles Video, bietet eine gute Übersicht. Ich wollte schon fragen, denn die von dir gezeigte Münze war ein Vreneli, der Nachfolger der Helvetia. Gehörten aber sowieso beide zur Lat. Münzunion und haben auch dasselbe Rau- und Feingewicht, nur das Motiv ist anders. Viele Grüße

[@andreg3912]

Ich hätte auch lieber eine "richtige" Helvetia gezeigt, aber leider hatte ich keine zur Hand.

[@silberfuchsag4746]

Alles klar, macht aber nichts. Die Helvetia ist ja etwas seltener und teurer in der Anschaffung. Ich habe auch nur Vrenelis und noch nie eine Helvetia in der Hand gehabt

[@KirksCORNER]

Mine is Napolean 3rd. 20 Francs.

[@SilverDragons47]

very interesting thanks for sharing!

[@andreg3912]

Yes they are interesting coins with a lot of history. Thanks for watching.

[@alexanderrdevoogt3235]

Awesome looking coins my friend! Thanks for the show

[@andreg3912]

Thanks for watching my friend, happy you liked them.

[@silverandgoldportugal]

Great video!!! loved it, again!

[@andreg3912]

Thank you, again.😄

[@shaunoliver1703]

Nice, Ive subbed pal. Cant believe I haven't checked out your channel before!

[@andreg3912]

Thank you for watching and subscribing.

[@backcountrydiggers6347]

Nice collection thanks for sharing good stuff. I subscribed!!

[@andreg3912]

Thank you for watching and subscribing.

[@Sam-zc4ty]

Awesome

[@kenmograd2009]

The United States at one point thought about joining the Latin Monetary Union before Congress rejected the plan. The U.S. Mint produced several hundred pattern gold coins called “Stellas” with a face value equivalent to the exchange value of the gold 20 franc coin: $4.

[@gabrielesolletico518]

Oh, I didn't know that! Thank you for telling me.

[@pascalolivier6266]

Thanks for sharing this nice set

[@andreg3912]

Glad you like it

[@SouthsideStacker]

I think that's the first time I've seen Arabic writing on gold. fantastic. Thanks!

[@andreg3912]

Thanks for watching, glad you liked it.

[@gabrielesolletico518]

There are also 1950 and 1951 Arabic Guinea Gold Coins... they're very beatiful. Check them out.

[@Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes]

This is awesome, thanks for showing as I have no gold of any countries in the union. Also who composed the music? I love it.

[@andreg3912]

Thanks for watching. The music is Triumphant Return by Audionautix.

[@ryanstucke7811]

The Swiss design is near perfect

[@andreg3912]

High res pics of all coins (Obverse and Reverse):
files.fm/u/fsq3ubby

[@silverandgoldportugal]

Great selections of old gold european... and african and asian coins!!!

[@andreg3912]

Thanks for watching my friend.

[@coinparadise]

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[@badtrixxx]

wow

[@zitouniahmed-nu1dw]

Pièce d'or de 10 francs 1892 Il y a une pièce de 20 francs similaire dans la vidéo

[@paulbaierl8899]

While a nice video,both the tunsian gold and the Russian gold were not latin monetary designated.Convertible yes,and the German Marks convertible but not specific to the Lmu.Bismark and the Prussian ,Bavarian and the Hamburg government all agreed to an Imperial system of German states coins internally to Germany as 1 country....not a collection of 36 states,principalities and citie

[@AntoniodeJesusEspino]

Tengo esa moneda del año 1875

[@zitouniahmed-nu1dw]

Salut

[@konjoo760]

Jest pomyłka. 5 rubli waży 4.30 grama. Właściwa moneta to 7,5 rubla- 6,45gramów.
en.ucoin.net/coin/russia-7,5-rubles-1897/?tid=24618

[@zitouniahmed-nu1dw]

J'ai une pièce de 10 francs que je veux vendre