French monetary reform of 1795

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The French monetary reform of 1795 was the post-Revolution overhaul of France’s currency system that replaced the livre with the franc and introduced a decimalized monetary structure.

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instanceOf economic policy
historical event
monetary reform
affectedInstrument banking and accounting practices
coinage
aimedAt restoring confidence in French money
associatedGovernment French First Republic
chronologicalRelation followed radical phase of the French Revolution
context collapse of assignats
post-Revolutionary financial instability
country France
dateImplemented 1795
economicDomain monetary policy
field economic history of France
geographicScope metropolitan France
linked to: Metropolitan France
historicalPeriod French Revolution
influencedBy Enlightenment ideas on rational measurement
introducedCurrency French franc
introducedSubdivision 1 franc = 10 décimes
1 franc = 100 centimes
introducedUnitOfAccount franc germinal
languageOfLegislation French
legalBasis law of 18 germinal an III
legalBasisCalendar French Republican Calendar
legislativeBody National Convention
longTermImpact establishment of the franc as France’s principal currency
model for later decimal currency reforms in other countries
monetarySystem decimal currency system
predecessor Ancien Régime monetary system
linked to: Ancien Régime
purpose introduction of decimalization in currency
simplification of monetary system
stabilization of French currency
relatedReform introduction of the metric system in France
replacedCurrency French livre
replacedNonDecimalStructure livre–sol–denier system
replacedUnitOfAccount livre tournois
result greater ease of calculation in commerce
replacement of pre-Revolutionary coinage
standardization of French currency
timePeriod Year III of the French Republic

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French livre relatedTo French monetary reform of 1795
maximum on prices partOf French Revolutionary economic policy
linked to: French monetary reform of 1795
introduction of the franc germinal (preparatory measures) partOf French Revolutionary and Napoleonic monetary reforms
linked to: French monetary reform of 1795