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franc| Currency of France until 2002, when the franc was replaced by the euro, the single currency of the European Union. It was called the franc from 1360 when it was a gold coin inscribed Francorum Rex, ‘King of the Franks’. The franc CFA (Communauté française d'Afrique) is the currency of the former French territories in Africa; in France's Pacific territories the franc CFP (Communauté française du pacifique) is used. |
| The franc is the currency unit of Switzerland, and, until 2002, was the currency in Belgium and Luxembourg. |
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assignat
banking and finance
Bourgeois, Loys
Brazza, Pierre Paul Francois Camille Savorgnan, Comte de
Burgundy
Caille, Réné Auguste
Cesaris, Johannes
Devin du village, Le
franc-tireur
Francœur, François
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Fustel de Coulanges, Numa Denis
Heure espagnole, L'
Le Franc, Guillaume
Louisiana Purchase
Max, Adolphe Eugene Jean
New Caledonia
Pirame et Thisbé
Poincaré, Raymond Nicolas Landry
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| He seriously protested that the bow of Blandois was perfect, that the address of Blandois was irresistible, and that the picturesque ease of Blandois would be cheaply purchased (if it were not a gift, and unpurchasable) for a hundred thousand francs. I receive my salary regularly at the end of each month--not a franc extra, though I have done many things which are not part of a courier's proper work. When we arrived at the garden in Asnieres, we paid a franc or two admission and entered a place which had flower beds in it, and grass plots, and long, curving rows of ornamental shrubbery, with here and there a secluded bower convenient for eating ice cream in. |