Coin Lists

LMU Gold Coin List

Formally, the LMU included France, Belgium, Greece, Italy, and Switzerland. Many other countries either matched the standard (e.g., Finland, Poland, Serbia) or mirrored the standard (e.g., Argentina, Russia).

Currency units such as the 40 francs and 80 lire were never a part of the LMU treaties. But these mintages are directly proportional to other LMU coins so they are included in these tables.

The first table below lists the gold coins minted according to the LMU standard in the pre-World War II period, excluding pattern & non-circulating coins (which effectively includes all post-World War II gold coins). Years listed are clickable links to Numista mintage data.

(Note: Best viewed on desktop - improved formatting on these tables to come. Also to make countries listed are clickable links to coin lists within this website)

Countries Matching the LMU Gold Denominations

There are 32 countries with gold minted according to LMU denominations. Of which, 31 have a coin in the 20 currency unit denomination. Including Russia (with a 5 rouble that matches the 20 francs), there are 32 countries with the “Marengo”-type coin of 6.45 grams at 0.9 fine.

Country Denomination Types
Albania 10 Franga Zog I (1927)
20 Franga Zog I - 1926-1927; Zog I - 1937; Zog I - 1937 (Royal Marriage); Zog I - 1938 (10th Anniversary); Skanderberg (1926-1927)
100 Franga Zog I - 1927
Austria 10 Francs / 4 Florin Franz Joseph I (1870-1892)
20 Francs / 8 Florin Franz Joseph I (1870-1892)
Belgium 10 Francs Leopold I (1849-1850)
20 Francs Leopold I (1865-1866); Leopold II - 1st Type (1867-1870); Leopold II - 2nd Type (1870-1882); Albert I - Dutch Text (1914); Albert I - French Text (1914)
25 Francs Leopold I (1848-1850)
Bulgaria 10 Leva Ferdinand I (1894)
20 Leva Ferdinand I (1894); Ferdinand I - Decl. of Independence (1912)
100 Leva Ferdinand I (1894)
Danish West Indies 4 Daler / 20 Francs Christian IX (1904-1905)
10 Daler / 50 Francs Christian IX (1904)
Finland 10 Markkaa (1873-1913)
20 Markkaa (1873-1913)
France 5 Francs Napoleon III - No Laurel Large Head (1854-1855); Napoleon III - No Laurel Small Head (1855-1860); Napoleon III - Laurel (1862-1869)
10 Francs Ceres 2nd Republic (1850-1851); Napoleon III - No Laurel (1854-1860); Napoleon III - Laurel (1861-1868); Ceres 3rd Republic (1878, 1889-1899); Rooster (1899-1914)
20 Francs Napoleon - First Consul (1802-1803); Napoleon I - Emperor Revolutionary Calendar (1802-1803); Napoleon I - Nude Head Revolutionary Calendar (1804-1805); Napoleon I - Nude Head Type 1 (1806); Napoleon I - Nude Head Type 2 (1807); Napoleon I - Laurel Type 1 (1807-1808); Napoleon I - Laurel Type 2 (1809-1814); Louis XVIII - Dressed Bust (1814-1815); Napoleon I - Hundred Days (1815); Louis XVIII - London Exile (1815); Louis XVIII - Nude Bust (1816-1824); Charles X (1824-1830); Louis-Philippe I - Nude Head Edge Raised (1830-1831); Louis-Philippe I - Nude Head Edge Incuse (1830-1831); Louis-Philippe I (1832-1848); Lucky Angel - Etched (1848-1849); Ceres (1849-1851); Louis-Napoleon (1852); Napoleon III - No Laurel (1853-1860); Napoleon III - Laurel (1861-1870); Lucky Angel (1871-1898); Rooster - God Protect France (1898-1906); Rooster - Liberty Equality Fraternity (1907-1914)
40 Francs Napoleon - First Consul (1802-1803); Napoleon I - Nude Head Revolutionary Calendar (1804-1805); Napoleon I - Nude Head Type 1 (1806); Napoleon I - Nude Head Type 2 (1807); Napoleon I - Laurel Type 1 - Republic (1807-1808); Napoleon I - Laurel Type 2 - Empire (1809-1814); Louis XVIII (1816-1824); Charles X (1824-1830); Louis-Philippe I (1831-1839)
50 Francs Napoleon III - No Laurel (1854-1860); Napoleon III - Laurel (1862-1870); Lucky Angel (1878-1904)
100 Francs Napoleon III - No Laurel (1854-1860); Napoleon III - Laurel (1862-1870); Lucky Angel/Genie "God Protect "France" (1878-1906); Lucky Angel/Genie "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" (1907-1914)
Greece 20 Drachmai George I - 1st Portrait (1876); George I - 3rd Portrait (1884);
Hungary 10 Francs / 4 Florin Franz Joseph - 1st Type - (1870-1880); Franz Joseph - 2nd Type - 1880-1890); Franz Joseph - 3rd Type - (1890-1892)
20 Francs / 8 Florin Franz Joseph - 1st Type - (1870-1880); Franz Joseph - 2nd Type - 1880-1890); Franz Joseph - 3rd Type - (1890-1892)
Italian States – Kingdom of Napoleon 20 Lire Napoleon I (1808-1814)
40 Lire Napoleon I (1807-1814)
Italian States – Lombardy 20 Lire (1848)
40 Lire (1848)
Italian States – Naples 20 Lire Joachim Murat/Napoleon (1813)
40 Lire Joachim Murat/Napoleon (1813)
Italian States – Papal States 5 Lire Pius IX (1866-1867)
10 Lire Pius IX (1866-1869)
20 Lire Pius IX (1866-1870) - 3 Bust Types
50 Lire Pius IX (1866-1870)
100 Lire Pius IX (1866-1869)
Italian States – Parma 20 Lire Maria Luigia (1815, 1832)
40 Lire Maria Luigia (1815, 1821)
Italian States – Piedmont / Subalpine Gaul 20 Francs "Marengo" (1800-1801)
Italian States – Sardinia 10 Lire Carlo Alberto (1832-1847); Vittorio Emanuele II (1850-1860)
20 Lire Vittorio Emanuele I (1816-1820); Vittorio Emanuele I (1821); Carlos Felix (1821-1831); Carlos Alberto (1831-1849); Vittorio Emmanuel II (1850-1861)
40 Lire Carlos Felix (1822-1831)
50 Lire Carlos Alberto (1832-1843)
80 Lire Vittorio Emanuele I (1821); Carlos Felix (1823-1831)
100 Lire Carlos Alberto (1832-1842)
Italian States – United Provinces 10 Lire Vittorio Emmanuel II (1860)
20 Lire Vittorio Emmanuel II (1860)
Italian States – Venice 20 Lire (1848)
Italy 5 Lire Vittorio Emanuele II (1863-1865)
10 Lire Vittorio Emanuele II (1861-1865); Vittorio Emanuele III (1910, 1912, 1926-1927)
20 Lire Vittorio Emanuele II (1861-1878); Umberto I (1879-1897); Vittorio Emanuele III (1902-1908)
50 Lire Vittorio Emanuele II (1864); Umberto I (1884-1891); Vittorio Emanuele III (1910-1912, 1926-1927); Vittorio Emanuele III (1931-1933); Vittorio Emanuele III (1936)
100 Lire Vittorio Emanuele II (1864, 1872, 1878); Vittorio Emanuele III (1904-1905); Vittorio Emanuele III (1910, 1912, 1927); Vittorio Emanuele III (1931-1933); Vittorio Emanuele III (1936); Vittorio Emanuele III (1937-1940)
Liechtenstein 10 Franken Franz I (1930)
20 Franken Franz I (1930)
Monaco 20 Francs Charles III (1878-1879)
100 Francs Charles III (1882-1886); Albert I (1891-1904)
Poland 10 Zlotych Bolesław I (1925)
20 Zlotych Bolesław I (1925)
Romania 20 Lei Carol I (1870); Carol I (1883, 1890); Carol I (1906)
100 Lei Carol I (1906)
San Marino 10 Lire (1925)
20 Lire (1925)
Serbia 10 Dinara Milan I (1882)
20 Dinara Milan Obrenović IV (1879); Milan I (1882)
Spain 10 Pesetas Alfonso XII (1878-1879)
20 Pesetas Alfonso XIII - 1st Portrait (1887-1890); Alfonso XIII - 2nd Portrait (1892); Alfonso XIII - 3rd Portrait (1896-1899); Alfonso XIII - 4th Portrait (1904)
25 Pesetas Amadeo I (1871); Alfonso XII - 2nd Portrait (1876-1881); Alfonso XII - 3nd Portrait (1881-1885)
100 Pesetas Provisional (1870); Amadeo I (1871); Alfonso XIII - 3nd Portrait (1897)
Sweden 10 Francs / 1 Carolin Carl XV (1868-1872)
Switzerland 10 Francs Vreneli (1911-1922)
20 Francs Libertas (1883-1896); Vreneli (1897-1947)
100 Francs Vreneli (1925)
Tunisia 10 Francs Ali III (1891-1902)
20 Francs Ali III (1891-1902); Muhammad IV (1903-1906)
Venezuela 10 Bolivares Simón Bolívar (1930)
20 Bolivares Simón Bolívar (1879-1912)
100 Bolivares Simón Bolívar (1886-1889)
Westphalia 5 Franken Jérôme Bonaparte (1813)
10 Franken Jérôme Bonaparte (1813)
20 Franken Jérôme Bonaparte (1808-1813)
40 Franken Jérôme Bonaparte (1813)
Yugoslavia 20 Dinara Alexander I (1925)

Countries Mirroring the LMU Gold Denominations

Coinage in former Spanish colonies in Latin America mirrored LMU coinage at a 5 to 1 ratio. Russia also mirrored at a 4 to 1 ratio.

The Spanish 25 pesetas is also included here (matching ratio, but not a denomination used by other countries).

Country Denomination Types
Argentina 2.5 Pesos (equiv. to 12.5 Francs) (1881-1884)
5 Pesos (equiv. to 25 Francs) (1881-1896)
Colombia 1 Pesos (equiv. to 5 Francs) Liberty Head (1863-1864); Liberty Head (1873-1875)
2 Pesos (equiv. to 10 Francs) Liberty Head (1871-1872)
10 Pesos (equiv. to 50 Francs) Liberty Head (1857-1858); Liberty Head (1858-1862); Liberty Head (1862-1876)
20 Pesos (equiv. to 100 Francs) Liberty Head (1862-1878)
El Salvador 5 Pesos (equiv. to 25 Francs) (1892)
10 Pesos (equiv. to 50 Francs) (1892)
20 Pesos (equiv. to 100 Francs) (1892)
Guatemala 5 Pesos (equiv. to 25 Francs) Rafael Carrera (1869); Liberty (1872-1878)
10 Pesos (equiv. to 50 Francs) Rafael Carrera (1869)
20 Pesos (equiv. to 100 Francs) Rafael Carrera (1869); Liberty (1877-1888)
Honduras 1 Pesos (equiv. to 5 Francs) (1888-1922)
2 Pesos (equiv. to 10 Francs) (1883-1913)
10 Pesos (equiv. to 50 Francs) (1883, 1889)
20 Pesos (equiv. to 100 Francs) (1888)
Peru 5 Sols (equiv. to 25 Francs) (1863)
10 Sols (equiv. to 50 Francs) (1863)
20 Sols (equiv. to 100 Francs) (1863)
Spain 25 Pesetas Amadeo I (1886-1894); Alfono XXII - 1st (1876-1881); Alfono XXII - 2nd (1881-1895)
Russia 5 Roubles (equiv. to 20 Francs) Alexander III (1886-1894)
7.5 Roubles (equiv. to 20 Francs) Nicholas II (1897)
10 Roubles (equiv. to 40 Francs) Alexander III (1886-1894)
15 Rouble (equiv. to 40 Francs) Nicholas II (1897)
Venezuela 5 Venezolanos (equiv. to 25 Francs) Simón Bolívar (1875)

Other LMU Gold Denominations

Three types of gold coins are not included above:

1) Close, but not matching: Greece 1833 20 drachmai at 5.88 grams 0.9 fine; Montenegro 1910 20 perpera at 6.78 grams 0.9 fine (also in 10 perpera and 100 perpera); Romania 1944 20 lei at 6.55 grams 0.9 fine.

2) Post WWII Non-Circulating: Algeria 1991 and 1996 (0.92 fine); Belgium 1975 20 francs; Burindi 1967 20 francs (6.4 grams); Congo 1965 20 francs; France 1991-1993 20 francs, 2004 10 euros (6.4 grams), 2005 10 euros (6.4 grams), other commemoratives at 0.99 fine; Greece 1970 20 drachmai, 1980 2500 drachmai; Italy commeratives 20 euros 2003 to 2019; Luxembourg 1946 20 franken, 1953 20 franken, 1963 20 franken, 1964 20 franken; Monaco 2002 20 euros, 2008 20 euros; Morocco 1975-1978 250 dirhams, 2008 250 dirhams; Romania 2006 50 lei, 100 lei 2007 to 2023; San Marino from 1989 to 2010.

3) Other pre-WWII non-circulating and pattern coins: Too many to list here.