Time Period: 1670-1850

Timeline

  • 19.02.1670
  • Royal decree (of King Louis XIV) on the production of coinage for exclusive use in the "American colonies on land and water"; implemented by the law of 24.03.1670
  • 18.11.1672
  • Ordinance, declares French coins legal tender for payments in the American colonies and establishes a colonial accounting unit as 3 French Livres = 4 French Colonial Livres; effective immediately
  • 30.08.1826
  • Ordinance, declares the French Franc as unit of account for the Caribbean colonies (subsequently applied to all foreign possessions); effective immediately
  • 1716-1850
  • Issuance of French coins for exclusive colonial use:
    - xx.12.1716: Ordinance (undated) on the issuance of coins for use in the American colonies under King Louis XV
    - xx.10.1766: Ordinance (undated) on the issuance of coins for general colonial use under King Louis XV
    - xx.03.1781: Ordinance (undated) on the issuance of coins for general colonial use under King Louis XVI; not implemented
    - around 1824: Production of trial coins for general colonial use under King Louis XVIII; not issued
    - 17.08.1825: Ordinance on the issuance of coins for general colonial use under King Charles X; they were produced in 1825-1830 and used in Guyana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Senegal
    - 06.11.1838: Ordinance on the issuance of coins for general colonial use under King Louis Philippe I; they were produced 1839-1844 and used in Guadeloupe, Marquesas Islands.


Time Period: 1940-1945 - German Occupation of France and French Government-in-Exile

Timeline

  • 19.03.1941
  • Monetary agreement between Great Britain and the French government-in-exile on the stabilization of the exchange rate of the French Franc rate at pre-war level for the territories under control of the "France Libre" (1 British Pound = 176.25 French Francs); effective immediately
  • 08.02.1944
  • Monetary agreement between Great Britain and the French government-in-exile, adjusted the 1941 exchange rate for the territories under control of the "France Libre" (1 British Pound = 200 French Francs); effective immediately