Coin Lists

LMU Silver Coin List

About 40 countries adopted LMU coinage for silver (first table below). Many more adopted a mirroring ratio (i.e., 5:1, 4:1), as listed in the second table. Several countries have coins appearing in both lists due to evolving currency systems (e.g., Ecuador, with a 25g as a 5 francos, 8 reales, and a 1 sucre).

Slightly varying coins are included below, flagged with" “*” notating the deviation.

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Countries Matching LMU Silver Denominations

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, Vatican City). 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.

Countries Mirroring LMU Silver Denominations

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) (1900); (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) - - (1851-1853); (1853-1858); (1859-1860); (1861); (1863-1866); (1866); (1868-1874); (1872-1874); (1874-1885); (1885-1886); (1897); (1911-1942) (1847-1849); (1849-1853); (1854-1858); (1862); (1866-1867); (1870-1872); (1874-1884); (1875-1882); (1880); (1911-1942) - - (1847-1849); (1850-1851); (1855-1858); (1859-1861); (1861); (1862-1868); (1868-1875)
Costa Rica (Peso) (1905-1914) - (1851-1860); (1852) - (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) - - (1881) - - - (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, 1893, 1895); (1917)
Vatican City (Lire) - - - - (1927-1937); (1933); (1939); (1939-1941); (1942-1946) - -
Venezuela (Venezuelano) - (1874-1876) (1874-1876) (1874-1876) - (1874-1876) (1876)

Pending: add visualizations
1) Map with countries covered
2) Table by year showing which countries issued (e.g. for 25g)