The livre tournois ("Tours pound") was:one of numerous currencies used in France in the Middle Ages; anda unit of account (for example, a monetary unit used in accounting) used in France in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. Circulating currency The denier tournois coin was initially minted by the abbey of Saint Martin in the Touraine region of France. Soon after Philip II of France seized the counties of Anjou and Touraine in 1203 and standardized the use of the livre tournois there… (More on Livres)