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franc

Currency of France until 2002, when the franc was replaced by the euro. The franc 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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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.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
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.
The Haunted Hotel by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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