Coin Lists

LMU Silver Coin List

About 40 countries adopted LMU coinage for silver (first table below), and many more adopted a mirroring ratio (i.e., 5:1, 4:1), as listed in the second table.

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Country 1/5 Franc (1 g) 1/4 Franc (1.25 g) 1/2 Franc (2.5 g) 1 Franc (5 g) 2 Francs (10 g) 5 Francs (25 g)
Albania (Franga) - - - (1927-1928); (1935, 1937) (1927-1928); (1935); (1937) (1926-1927)
Austria (Corona) - - - (1892-1907); (1908); (1912-1916) (1912-1913) (1900-1907)*24g; (1908)*24g; (1909)*24g; (1909)*24g
Belgium (Francs) (1852-1858) (1834-1844); (1849-1850) (1833-1844); (1849-1850); (1866-1899); (1901); (1907-1909); (1910-1912) (1834-1844); (1848-1865); (1866-1868); (1880); (1887); (1904-1909); (1910-1912) (1834-1844); (1848-1865); (1866-1868); (1880); (1887); (1904-1909); (1910-1912) (1832-1849); (1853); (1849-1865); (1865-1868); (1865-1878); (1880); (1910-1912)
Bulgaria (Leva) - - (1883); (1891); (1910); (1912-1916) (1882); (1891); (1894); (1912-1916) (1882); (1891); (1894); (1910); (1912-1916) (1884-1885); (1892); (1894)
Cambodia (Franc) - - (1860) (1860) - -
Comoros (Franc) - - - - - (1308/1891)
Congo (Franc) - - (1887-1896) (1887-1896) (1887-1896) (1887); (1887-1896)
Crete (Drachma) - - (1901) (1901) (1901) (1901)
Dominican Republic (Franco) - - (1891) (1891) - (1891)
Ecuador (Franco) - - - - - (1858)
Eritrea (Lire) - - (1890) (1890-1896) (1890-1896) -
France (Franc) (1853-1863); (1864-1866); (1867-1868); (1878-1889) (AN12/1803); (AN12-14/1803-1804; (1806-1807); (1807); (1807-1808); (1809); (1817-1824); (1825-1830); (1831-1845); (1845-1848) (AN11-12/1802-1803; (AN12-14/1803-1805; (1806-1807); (1807); (1807-1808); (1809-1814); (1816-1824); (1825-1830); (1831-1845); (1845-1848); (1849-1851); (1852); (1853-1863); (1864-1869); (1871-1895) (AN11-12/1802-1803; (AN12-14/1803-1805; (1806-1807); (1807); (1807-1808); (1809-1814); (1816-1824); (1825-1830); (1830); (1831); (1832-1848); (1849-1851); (1852); (1853-1863); (1866-1870); (1871-1895); (1898-1920) (AN11-12/1802-1803; (AN12-14/1803-1805; (1806-1807); (1807); (1807-1808); (1809-1814); (1815); (1816-1824); (1825-1830); (1831-1848); (1849-1851); (1853-1859); (1866-1870); (1870-1871); (1870-1895); (1898-1920) (AN4-11/1795-1802; (AN10-11/1801-1802; (AN11-12/1802-1803; (AN12/1803; (AN12-14/1803-1805); (1806-1807); (1807); (1807-1808); (1809-1814); (1814-1815); (1816-1824); (1824-1826; (1827-1830); (1830-1831); (1832-1848); (1848-1849); (1849-1851); (1852); (1853-1859); (1861-1870); (1870); (1870-1871); (1870-1889)
Greece (Drachma) (1874-1883) - (1868-1883) (1868-1883); (1910-1911) (1868-1883); (1911) (1875-1876)
Hungary (Korona) - - - (1892-1906); (1896); (1912-1916) (1912-1914) (1900-1909)*24g; (1907)*24g
Italian States - Lombardy (Lire) - - - - - (1848)
Italian States - Lucca (Franc) - - - (1805-1808) - (1805-1808)
Italian States - Naples (Lire) - - (1813) (1812-1813) (1812-1813) (1812-1813)
Italian States - Napoleon (Lire) - - (1808-1814) (1808-1814) (1807-1814) (1807-1814)
Italian States - Papal States (Lire) - - (1866-1868); (1868-1869) (1866); (1866-1868); (1868-1869) (1866-1870) (1867-1870)
Italian States - Parma (Lire) - - (1815, 1830) (1815) - (1815-1832); (1858)
Italian States - Piedmont (Franc) - - - - - (AN9-AN10/1800-1801)
Italian States - Sardinia (Lire) - - (1823-1833); (1833-1837); (1850-1861) (1823-1830); (1831-1839); (1850-1860) (1823-1831); (1832-1849); (1850-1860) (1816-1820); (1821); (1821-1831); (1831-1849); (1850-1861)
Italian States - United Provinces (Lire) - - (1859); (1860-1861) (1859); (1859-1860) (1859-1860); (1860-1861) (1859-1860)
Italian States - Venice (Lire) - - - - - (1848)
Italy (Lire) (1863); (1863-1867) - (1861-1862); (1863); (1863-1867); (1889, 1892) (1861-1862); (1863); (1863-1867); (1883-1890); (1901-1907); (1908-1913); (1915-1917) (1861-1862); (1863); (1863); (1881-1899); (1901-1907); (1908-1912); (1911); (1914-1917) (1861); (1861-1868); (1878-1879); (1911); (1914)
Latvia (Lati) - - - (1923-1924) (1925-1926) (1929-1932)*0.835
Liechtenstein (Kronen/Franken) - - (1924) (1900-1914); (1924) (1912-1914); (1924) (1900-1915); (1924)
Monaco (Franc) - - - - - (1837)
Montenegro (Perper) - - - (1909); (1912-1914) (1910); (1914) (1909)*24g; (1912-1914)*24g
Peru (Peseta) - - - (1880) - (1882-1884)
Poland (Zlotych) - - - - - (1925)
Romania (Lei) - - (1873-1879); (1881); (1884-1885); (1894-1901); (1910-1914) (1870); (1873-1879); (1881); (1884-1885); (1894-1901); (1906); (1910-1914) (1872-1876); (1881); (1894-1901); (1906); (1910-1914) (1880-1881); (1881-1906); (1906)
San Marino (Lire) - - (1898) (1898, 1906) (1898, 1906) (1898)
Serbia (Dinara) - - (1875); (1879); (1905-1915) (1875); (1879); (1897); (1904-1915) (1875); (1879); (1897); (1904-1915) (1879); (1904)
Spain (Peseta) - - (1869-1870); (1880-1885); (1889-1892); (1894); (1896-1902); (1904); (1910); (1926) (1869); (1869-1870); (1876); (1880-1885); (1889-1891); (1893-1894); (1896-1902); (1903-1905); (1933) (1869-1870); (1879-1884); (1889-1892); (1894); (1905) (1869-1870); (1871); (1875); (1875-1877); (1877-1881); (1882-1885); (1888-1892); (1892-1894); (1895-1899)
Switzerland (Franc) - - (1850-1851); (1875-1967) (1850-1857); (1860-1861); (1875-1967) (1850-1857); (1860-1863) (1874-1967) (1850-1886); (1888-1916); (1922-1923); (1924-1928)
Tunisia (Franc) - - (1308-1320/1891-1902); (1325-1340/1907-1921) (1308-1320/1891-1902); (1321-1324/1903-1905); (1325-1340/1907-1921) (1308-1320/1891-1902); (1321-1324/1903-1905); (1325-1340/1907-1921) -
Venezuela (Bolivar) (1879) (1894-1948); (1954); (1960) (1879-1936); (1944-1946); (1954); (1960) (1879-1936); (1947); (1954); (1960-1965) (1879-1936); (1947); (1960-1965) (1879-1936)

There are a few coins that match the LMU standard at other intervals: 2 1/2 francs - Belgium (1848-1849, 1848-1865), and the Papal States (1867). There are also two Spanish coins are close, but do not match the LMU standard: (1808-1814, 12 grams at 0.903 fine, 1873, 13.5 grams at 0.9 fine).

A number of coins do not match the LMU standard, but mirror it at fixed ratio. Coinage in former Spanish colonies in Latin America mirrored LMU coinage at a 5 to 1 ratio (similiarly, the rouble at a 4 to 1 ratio). Other countries mirror the LMU standard after the currency was debased (e.g., Italy, San Marino). Certain closely related coins are also included here, such as the Portugal 25 gram escudo — which differs only in fineness (0.835, not 0.9). The nature of the variance is noted with an astericks.

LMU Silver Coin List (Mirroring)

Country 1/5 Franc (1 g) 1/4 Franc (1.25 g) 1/2 Franc (2.5 g) 1 Franc (5 g) 2 Francs (10 g) 2.5 Francs (12.5 g) 5 Francs (25 g)
Argentina (Peso) - - (1881-1883) (1881-1883) - (1881-1883) (1879-1883)
Bolivia (Boliviano) - (1864-1865) (1864-1867); (1870-1871) (1864-1866) - (1873-1900) (1864-1869); (1870-1872); (1872-1893)
Brazil (Reis) - - (1867-1869) (1906-1912); (1912); (1913) (1906-1912); (1912-1913); (1913) (1869) (1868-1869)
Chile (Peso) (1896-1899) - (1851-1860); (1867-1880) (1852-1859); (1867-1879); (1879-1883) - - (1867); (1867-1891); (1927)
Colombia (Real/Peso) - - (1872-1874); (1874-1885); (1897); (1911-1942) (1847-1849); (1849-1853); (1854-1858); (1862); (1866-1867); (1870-1872); (1874-1884); (1875-1882); (1880); (1911-1942) - - (1867); (1867-1891)
Costa Rica (Peso) (1905-1914) - (1851-1860) - (1902-1914) - -
Cuba (Peso) - - - (1915-1949) (1915-1920) - -
Danish West Indies (Daler) - - (1905) (1905); (1907) (1905); (1907) - -
Dominican Republic (Peso) - - (1937-1961) - - - -
Ecuador (Real/Sucre) - - (1884-1916) (1884-1916) - - (1846); (1884-1897)
El Salvador (Peso) - - - (1892); (1953) - - (1892); (1892-1914)
France (New Franc) - - - - - - (1964-1973)
Guatemala (Peso) - - (1853-1863) - - - (1869-1871); (1872-1873); (1878-1879); (1879-1889); (1894-1897)
Haiti (Gorde) - - (1881-1894) (1881-1895) - - (1881-1895)
Hawaii (Dollar) - - (1883) - - (1883) -
Honduras (Peso) - - (1879-1880); (1884-1890) - - - (1881-1883); (1883-1914); (1894-1896)
Italy (Lire) - - - (1926-1935); (1936-1941) - - -
Luxembourg (Franc) - - - - - - (1946-1964)
Morroco (Dirhams) - - (1320-1321/1903); (1331/1913) - - - (1320/1903); (1321/1903); (1329/1911); (1331-1336/1913-1918)
Nicaragua (Córdoba) - - - (1880 -.8 fine); (1887 -.8 fine) - - (1912)
Panama (Balboa) - (1905) (1904-1916); (1930-1962); (1961) (1904-1905) - (1904); (1930-1962); (1961) (1904-1905)
Paraguay (Peso) - - - - - - (1889)
Peru (Peso/Sol) - (1858); (1859-1861); (1863-1864); (1885); (1910); (1890-1917) (1859-1861); (1863-1877); (1886); (1888-1916) - (1863-1875); (1888-1917) (1858 -12g); (1858-1859 -12g); (1864-1865); (1907-1917) (1864-1916) (1880-1882)
Philippines (Peso) - - (1864-1868); (1880-1885) - (1896) - (1897)
Portugal (Réis/Escudo) - - (1886); (1915) (1909); (1913-1916) - (1908-1909); (1910); (1910); (1912-1916) (1898)*0.9167; (1899-1900)*0.9167; (1910)*0.835; (1914)*0.835; (1915-1916)*0.835
Puerto Rico (Peso) - (1896) (1896) (1895) (1896) - (1895)
Russia (Rouble) - - - (1886-1894); (1895-1901) (1886-1894); (1895-1914) - -
San Marino (Lire) - - - (1931-1938) (1931-1938) - -
United States (Dollar) - (1853-1855 - 1.24g); (1856-1859 - 1.24g); (1860-1873 - 1.24g); (1853-1855 - 2.49g); (1856-1860 - 2.49g); (1860-1873 - 2.49g); (1875-1891); (1892-1916); (1916-1945); (1946-1964) (1875-1878) - (1853 - 12.44g); (1854-1855 - 12.44g); (1856-1866 - 12.44g); (1866-1873 - 12.44g); (1873-1874); (1875-1891); (1892-1893); (1892-1915); (1916-1947); -
Uruguay (Peso) - - (1877-1893) (1877-1893) - - (1877); (1878-1895); (1917)
Vatican City (Lire) - - - - (1927-1937); (1933); (1939); (1939-1941); (1942-1946) - -
Venezuela (Venezuelano) - (1874-1876) (1874-1876) (1874-1876) - (1874-1876) (1876)