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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Predicate Object
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