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href="#Belgian_franc_and_Luxembourg_franc"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Belgian franc and Luxembourg franc</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Belgian_franc_and_Luxembourg_franc-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Swiss_franc_and_Liechtenstein_franc" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Swiss_franc_and_Liechtenstein_franc"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Swiss franc and Liechtenstein franc</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Swiss_franc_and_Liechtenstein_franc-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Saar_franc" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Saar_franc"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Saar franc</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Saar_franc-sublist" 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id="toc-Countries_using_a_franc-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-As_of_2023" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#As_of_2023"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1.1</span> <span>As of 2023</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-As_of_2023-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Collectivities_franc" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Collectivities_franc"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1.1.1</span> <span>Collectivities franc</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Collectivities_franc-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Selected_obsolete" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Selected_obsolete"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1.2</span> <span>Selected obsolete</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Selected_obsolete-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%81" title="ফ্রঁ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ফ্রঁ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A7%E0%BE%A5%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8D" title="ཧྥ་རན། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཧྥ་རན།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franak" title="Franak – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Franak" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franc" title="Franc – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Franc" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_(m%C4%9Bnov%C3%A1_jednotka)" title="Frank (měnová jednotka) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Frank (měnová jednotka)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franc" title="Franc – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Franc" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franc" title="Franc – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Franc" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank" title="Frank – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Frank" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%BF_(%CE%BD%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%B1)" title="Φράγκο (νόμισμα) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Φράγκο (νόμισμα)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_(moneda)" title="Franco (moneda) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Franco (moneda)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_(%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AF_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84)" title="فرانک (واحد پول) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فرانک (واحد پول)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankur" title="Frankur – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Frankur" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franc_(unit%C3%A9_mon%C3%A9taire)" title="Franc (unité monétaire) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Franc (unité monétaire)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%9E%91" title="프랑 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프랑" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AF_(%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8%D6%80)" title="Ֆրանկ (դրամական միավոր) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆրանկ (դրամական միավոր)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franak" title="Franak – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Franak" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franko_(monetaro)" title="Franko (monetaro) – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Franko (monetaro)" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franc_(mata_uang)" title="Franc (mata uang) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Franc (mata uang)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franki" title="Franki – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Franki" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_(moneta)" title="Franco (moneta) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Franco (moneta)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francus_(nummus)" title="Francus (nummus) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Francus (nummus)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frang" title="Frang – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Frang" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA" title="Франк – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Франк" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franc" title="Franc – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Franc" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3_(%E9%80%9A%E8%B2%A8)" title="フラン (通貨) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="フラン (通貨)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank" title="Frank – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Frank" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_(moeda)" title="Franco (moeda) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Franco (moeda)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA_(%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0)" title="Франк (денежная единица) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Франк (денежная единица)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA_(%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%87%D1%8B)" title="Франк (харчы) – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Франк (харчы)" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franga" title="Franga – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Franga" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_(mena)" title="Frank (mena) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Frank (mena)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank" title="Frank – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Frank" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franc" title="Franc – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Franc" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_(para)" title="Frank (para) – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Frank (para)" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kcg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fi%CC%B1rang" title="Fi̱rang – Tyap" lang="kcg" hreflang="kcg" data-title="Fi̱rang" data-language-autonym="Tyap" data-language-local-name="Tyap" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tyap</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA_(%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8F)" title="Франк (грошова одиниця) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Франк (грошова одиниця)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franc" title="Franc – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Franc" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B3%95%E9%83%8E" title="法郎 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="法郎" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/1francosvizzero1983front.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="138" data-file-height="138" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">1 Swiss franc 1983 obverse</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:109px;max-width:109px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:107px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1francosvizzero1983back.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/1francosvizzero1983back.jpg/120px-1francosvizzero1983back.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/1francosvizzero1983back.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="138" data-file-height="138" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">1 Swiss franc 1983 reverse</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:109px;max-width:109px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:107px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1francofrancese1991front.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/1francofrancese1991front.jpg/107px-1francofrancese1991front.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/1francofrancese1991front.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="150" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">1 French franc 1991 coin obverse</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:109px;max-width:109px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:107px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1francofrancese1991back.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/1francofrancese1991back.jpg/120px-1francofrancese1991back.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="107" class="mw-file-element" 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1FrancMonaco1978pile.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/1FrancMonaco1978pile.jpg/120px-1FrancMonaco1978pile.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/1FrancMonaco1978pile.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="150" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">1 Monaco franc 1978 coin reverse</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:144px;max-width:144px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:71px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:100_saar_franken.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/100_saar_franken.jpg/250px-100_saar_franken.jpg" decoding="async" width="142" height="72" class="mw-file-element" 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One franc is typically divided into 100 <a href="/wiki/Centime" title="Centime">centimes</a>. The name is said to derive from the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> inscription <i>francorum rex</i> (<a href="/wiki/Style_of_the_French_sovereign" title="Style of the French sovereign">King of the Franks</a>) used on early French coins and until the 18th century, or from the French <i>franc</i>, meaning "frank" (and "free" in certain contexts, such as <i>coup franc</i>, "free kick"). </p><p>The countries that use francs today include Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and most of <a href="/wiki/Francophone_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Francophone Africa">Francophone Africa</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">Swiss franc</a> is a major world currency today due to the prominence of Swiss <a href="/wiki/Banking_in_Switzerland" title="Banking in Switzerland">financial institutions</a>. </p><p>Before the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euro</a> in 1999, francs were also used in France, Belgium and Luxembourg, while Andorra and Monaco accepted the <a href="/wiki/French_franc" title="French franc">French franc</a> as <a href="/wiki/Legal_tender" title="Legal tender">legal tender</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mon%C3%A9gasque_franc" title="Monégasque franc">Monégasque franc</a>). The franc was also used in <a href="/wiki/French_colonial_empires" class="mw-redirect" title="French colonial empires">French colonies</a> including Algeria and Cambodia. The franc is sometimes Italianised or Hispanicised as the <i>franco</i>, for instance in <a href="/wiki/Luccan_franco" class="mw-redirect" title="Luccan franco">Luccan franco</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franc&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Franc_a_cheval_de_Jean_le_Bon_5_decembre_1360_or_3730mg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Franc_a_cheval_de_Jean_le_Bon_5_decembre_1360_or_3730mg.jpg/250px-Franc_a_cheval_de_Jean_le_Bon_5_decembre_1360_or_3730mg.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Franc_a_cheval_de_Jean_le_Bon_5_decembre_1360_or_3730mg.jpg/330px-Franc_a_cheval_de_Jean_le_Bon_5_decembre_1360_or_3730mg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Franc_a_cheval_de_Jean_le_Bon_5_decembre_1360_or_3730mg.jpg/500px-Franc_a_cheval_de_Jean_le_Bon_5_decembre_1360_or_3730mg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1814" data-file-height="1814" /></a><figcaption>The first franc ever minted, the <i>franc à cheval</i>, was minted upon <a href="/wiki/John_II_of_France" title="John II of France">Jean le Bon</a>'s return from captivity from 5 December 1360, and featured combative imagery. Gold, 24 <a href="/wiki/Fineness#Karat" title="Fineness">karats</a>, 3.73 g. It conveniently coincided with the account value of one <a href="/wiki/Livre_tournois" title="Livre tournois">livre tournois</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The franc was originally a French <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a> coin of 3.87 g minted in 1360 on the occasion of the release of King <a href="/wiki/John_II_of_France" title="John II of France">John II ("the Good")</a>, held by the English since his capture at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Poitiers_(1356)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Poitiers (1356)">Battle of Poitiers</a> four years earlier. It was equivalent to one <i><a href="/wiki/Livre_tournois" title="Livre tournois">livre tournois</a></i> (Tours pound). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French_franc">French franc</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franc&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: French franc"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/French_franc" title="French franc">French franc</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/French_franc" title="French franc">French franc</a> was originally a gold coin issued in France from 1360 until 1380,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then a silver coin issued between 1575 and 1641.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The franc finally became the national currency from 1795 until 1999<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (franc coins and notes were legal tender until 2002). Though abolished as a legal coin by King <a href="/wiki/Louis_XIII_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XIII of France">Louis XIII</a> in 1641 in favor of the gold <a href="/wiki/Louis_(coin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis (coin)">louis</a> and silver <a href="/wiki/%C3%89cu_(coin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Écu (coin)">écu</a>, the term franc continued to be used in common parlance for the <a href="/wiki/Livre_tournois" title="Livre tournois">livre tournois</a>. The franc was also minted for many of the former French colonies, such as Morocco, Algeria, French West Africa, and others. Today, after independence, many of these countries continue to use the franc as their standard denomination. </p><p>The value of the French franc was locked to the <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euro</a> at 1 euro = 6.55957 FRF on 31 December 1998, and after the <a href="/wiki/Introduction_of_the_euro" class="mw-redirect" title="Introduction of the euro">introduction of the euro</a> notes and coins, ceased to be legal tender after 28 February 2002, although they were still exchangeable at banks until 19 February 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="CFA_and_CFP_francs">CFA and CFP francs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franc&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: CFA and CFP francs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fourteen African countries use the <a href="/wiki/CFA_franc" title="CFA franc">franc CFA</a> (in west Africa, <i>Communauté financière africaine</i>; in equatorial Africa, <i>Coopération financière en Afrique centrale</i>), originally (1945) worth 1.7 French francs and then from 1948, 2 francs (from 1960: 0.02 new franc) but after January 1994 worth only 0.01 French franc. Therefore, from January 1999, 1 CFA franc is equivalent to €0.00152449.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A separate (<a href="/wiki/CFP_franc" title="CFP franc">franc CFP</a>) circulates in <a href="/wiki/Islands_controlled_by_France_in_the_Indian_and_Pacific_oceans#Pacific_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Islands controlled by France in the Indian and Pacific oceans">France's Pacific territories</a>, worth €0.0084 (formerly 0.055 French franc). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Comorian_franc">Comorian franc</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franc&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Comorian franc"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1981, the <a href="/wiki/Comoros" title="Comoros">Comoros</a> established an arrangement with the French government similar to that of the CFA franc. Originally, 50 <a href="/wiki/Comorian_franc" title="Comorian franc">Comorian francs</a> were worth 1 French franc. In January 1994, the rate was changed to 75 Comorian francs to the French franc. Since 1999, the currency has been pegged to the euro. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Belgian_franc_and_Luxembourg_franc">Belgian franc and Luxembourg franc</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franc&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Belgian franc and Luxembourg franc"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Belgian_franc" title="Belgian franc">Belgian franc</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_franc" title="Luxembourg franc">Luxembourg franc</a></div> <p>The conquest of most of western Europe by Revolutionary and Napoleonic France led to the franc's wide circulation. Following independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the new Kingdom of Belgium in 1832 adopted its own Belgian franc, equivalent to the French one, followed by Luxembourg adopting the Luxembourgish franc in 1848 and Switzerland in 1850. Newly unified Italy adopted the <a href="/wiki/Italian_lira" title="Italian lira">lira</a> on a similar basis in 1862. </p><p>In 1865, France, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy created the <a href="/wiki/Latin_Monetary_Union" title="Latin Monetary Union">Latin Monetary Union</a> (to be joined by Spain and Greece in 1868): each would possess a national currency unit (franc, lira, peseta, drachma) worth 4.5 g of silver or <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6996290322000000000♠"></span>0.290<span style="margin-left:.25em;">322</span> g</span> of gold (fine), all freely exchangeable at a rate of 1:1. In the 1870s the gold value was made the fixed standard, a situation which was to continue until 1914. </p><p>In 1926, Belgium as well as France experienced depreciation and an abrupt collapse of confidence, leading to the introduction of a new gold currency for international transactions, the <i>belga</i> of 5 francs, and the country's withdrawal from the monetary union, which ceased to exist at the end of the year. The 1921 monetary union of Belgium and Luxembourg survived and formed the basis for full economic union in 1932. </p><p>Like the French franc, the Belgian and Luxembourg francs ceased to exist on 1 January 1999, when they became fixed at 1 EUR = 40.3399 BEF/LUF, thus a Belgian or Luxembourg franc was worth €0.024789. Old franc coins and notes lost their legal tender status on 28 February 2002. </p><p>One Luxembourg franc was equal to one Belgian franc. Belgian francs were legal tender inside Luxembourg, and Luxembourg francs were legal tender in the whole of Belgium. (In reality, Luxembourg francs were only accepted as means of payment by shops and businesses in the Belgian province of Luxembourg adjacent to the independent Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, this for historical reasons.) </p><p>The equivalent name of the Belgian franc in Dutch and German, Belgium's other official languages, was <span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">frank</i></span>. As mentioned before, in Luxembourg the franc was called <span title="Luxembourgish-language text"><i lang="lb">Frang</i></span> (plural <span title="Luxembourgish-language text"><i lang="lb">Frangen</i></span>) in <a href="/wiki/Luxembourgish" title="Luxembourgish">Luxembourgish</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Swiss_franc_and_Liechtenstein_franc">Swiss franc and Liechtenstein franc</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franc&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Swiss franc and Liechtenstein franc"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">Swiss franc</a> (<a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">ISO code</a>: CHF or 756; <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Franken</i>; <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">franco</i>), which appreciated significantly against the new European currency from April to September 2000, remains one of the world's strongest currencies, worth as of August 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franc&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> just over one euro. The Swiss franc is used in Switzerland and in Liechtenstein. Liechtenstein retains the ability to mint its own currency, the <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_franc" title="Liechtenstein franc">Liechtenstein franc</a>, which it does from time to time for commemorative or emergency purposes. </p><p>The name of the country "Swiss Confederation" is found on some of the coins in <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> (<i>Confoederatio Helvetica</i>), as Switzerland has four official languages, all of which are used on the notes. The denomination is abbreviated "Fr." on the coins which is the abbreviation in all four languages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Saar_franc">Saar franc</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franc&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Saar franc"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Saar_franc" title="Saar franc">Saar franc</a>, linked at par to the French franc, was introduced in the <a href="/wiki/Saar_(protectorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saar (protectorate)">Saar Protectorate</a> in 1948. On 1 January 1957, the territory joined the <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">Federal Republic of Germany</a>, nevertheless, in its new <a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">member state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Saarland" title="Saarland">Saarland</a>, the Saar franc continued to be the currency until 6 July 1959. </p><p>The name of the Saar franc in German, the main official language in the Protectorate, was <i>Franken</i>. Coins displaying German inscriptions and the coat of arms of the Protectorate were circulated and used together with French francs. As banknotes, only French franc bills existed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Countries_that_use_a_franc">Countries that use a franc</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franc&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Countries that use a franc"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Countries_using_a_franc">Countries using a franc</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franc&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Countries using a franc"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="As_of_2023">As of 2023</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franc&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: As of 2023"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Countries </th> <th>Currency </th> <th><a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">ISO 4217</a> code </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/23px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/35px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/45px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Benin</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/West_African_CFA_franc" title="West African CFA franc">West African CFA franc</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">XOF </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/23px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/35px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/45px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Burundi.svg/40px-Flag_of_Burundi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Burundi.svg/60px-Flag_of_Burundi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Burundi" title="Burundi">Burundi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Burundian_franc" title="Burundian franc">Burundian franc</a> </td> <td>BIF </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/40px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/60px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Central_African_CFA_franc" title="Central African CFA franc">Central African CFA franc</a> </td> <td rowspan="4">XAF </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic" title="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chad.svg/40px-Flag_of_Chad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chad.svg/60px-Flag_of_Chad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chad" title="Chad">Chad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/31px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Congolese_franc" title="Congolese franc">Congolese franc</a> </td> <td>CDF </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Comoros" title="Comoros">Comoros</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Comorian_franc" title="Comorian franc">Comorian franc</a> </td> <td>KMF </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/40px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/60px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Côte d'Ivoire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_African_CFA_franc" title="West African CFA franc">West African CFA franc</a> </td> <td>XOF </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/40px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/60px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Djiboutian_franc" title="Djiboutian franc">Djiboutian franc</a> </td> <td>DJF </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/40px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/60px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Central_African_CFA_franc" title="Central African CFA franc">Central African CFA franc</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">XAF </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/20px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/40px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Guinea" title="Guinea">Guinea</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guinean_franc" title="Guinean franc">Guinean franc</a> </td> <td>GNF </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_African_CFA_franc" title="West African CFA franc">West African CFA franc</a> </td> <td>XOF </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/40px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/60px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">Swiss franc</a> </td> <td>CHF </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/40px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/60px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/West_African_CFA_franc" title="West African CFA franc">West African CFA franc</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">XOF </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_Niger.svg/20px-Flag_of_Niger.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_Niger.svg/40px-Flag_of_Niger.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Rwanda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Rwanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Rwanda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Rwanda.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">Swiss franc</a> </td> <td>CHF </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_African_CFA_franc" title="West African CFA franc">West African CFA franc</a> </td> <td>XOF </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Collectivities_franc">Collectivities franc</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franc&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Collectivities franc"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Countries </th> <th>Currency </th> <th><a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">ISO 4217</a> code </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia"><img alt="French Polynesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/CFP_franc" title="CFP franc">CFP franc</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">XPF </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia" title="New Caledonia"><img alt="New Caledonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg/60px-Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="43" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg/120px-Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1091" data-file-height="308" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia" title="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/40px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/60px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wallis_and_Futuna" title="Wallis and Futuna">Wallis and Futuna</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Selected_obsolete">Selected obsolete</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franc&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Selected obsolete"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Countries </th> <th>Former currency </th> <th>Replaced by </th> <th>Since </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/40px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/60px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Algerian_franc" title="Algerian franc">Algerian franc</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Algerian_dinar" title="Algerian dinar">Algerian dinar</a></td> <td>1964 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/33px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/43px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Andorra" title="Andorra">Andorra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/French_franc" title="French franc">French franc</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spanish_peseta" title="Spanish peseta">Spanish peseta</a></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euro</a></td> <td rowspan="4">2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belgian_franc" title="Belgian franc">Belgian franc</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/40px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/60px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Overseas_collectivity" title="Overseas collectivity">Overseas collectivities</a>)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/French_franc" title="French franc">French franc</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/40px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/60px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luxembourgish_franc" class="mw-redirect" title="Luxembourgish franc">Luxembourgish franc</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/40px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/60px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_franc" title="Malagasy franc">Malagasy franc</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_ariary" title="Malagasy ariary">Malagasy ariary</a></td> <td>2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/40px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/60px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/CFA_franc" title="CFA franc">CFA franc</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mauritanian_ouguiya" title="Mauritanian ouguiya">Mauritanian ouguiya</a></td> <td>1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/19px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/29px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/38px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/French_franc" title="French franc">French franc</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mon%C3%A9gasque_franc" title="Monégasque franc">Monégasque franc</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euro</a></td> <td>2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/40px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" 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href="/wiki/Saar_Protectorate" title="Saar Protectorate">Saar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saar_franc" title="Saar franc">Saar franc</a> <small>(used from 1947 -1959)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Mark" title="Deutsche Mark">Deutsche Mark</a></td> <td>1959 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/60px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_franc" title="Tunisian franc">Tunisian franc</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_dinar" title="Tunisian dinar">Tunisian dinar</a></td> <td>1958 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div 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title="Latveria">Latveria</a>.</li> <li>Special settlement currencies <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UIC_franc" title="UIC franc">UIC franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_franc" title="Gold franc">Gold franc</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livre_tournois" title="Livre tournois">Livre tournois</a> (French pound)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_currency" title="Roman currency">Roman currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides_franc" title="New Hebrides franc">New Hebrides franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westphalian_frank" title="Westphalian frank">Westphalian frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reunion_franc" class="mw-redirect" title="Reunion franc">Reunion franc</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franc&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Ciani, Les Mones Royales Françaises (1926) p.77 and p.92</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">L. 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frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambodian_franc" title="Cambodian franc">Cambodian franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_franco" title="Dominican franco">Dominican franco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_franc" title="French franc">French franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Camerounian_franc" title="French Camerounian franc">French Camerounian franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Equatorial_African_franc" title="French Equatorial African franc">French Equatorial African franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Guianan_franc" title="French Guianan franc">French Guianan franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_West_African_franc" title="French West African franc">French West African franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fribourg_frank" title="Fribourg frank">Fribourg Frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geneva_franc" title="Geneva franc">Geneva franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glarus_frank" title="Glarus frank">Glarus frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graub%C3%BCnden_frank" title="Graubünden frank">Graubünden frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe_franc" title="Guadeloupe franc">Guadeloupe franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katangese_franc" title="Katangese franc">Katangese franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB_frange" title="Korçë frange">Korçë frange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luccan_franc" title="Luccan franc">Luccan franco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourgish_franc" class="mw-redirect" title="Luxembourgish franc">Luxembourgish franc</a> (<span title="Luxembourgish-language text"><i lang="lb">Frang</i></span>, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Frank</i></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luzern_frank" title="Luzern frank">Luzern frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_franc" title="Malagasy franc">Malagasy franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malian_franc" title="Malian franc">Malian franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinique_franc" title="Martinique franc">Martinique franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mon%C3%A9gasque_franc" title="Monégasque franc">Monégasque franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moroccan_franc" title="Moroccan franc">Moroccan franc</a> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">فرنك</span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides_franc" title="New Hebrides franc">New Hebrides franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union_franc" title="Réunion franc">Réunion franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruanda-Urundi_franc" title="Ruanda-Urundi franc">Ruanda-Urundi franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saar_franc" title="Saar franc">Saar franc</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Franken</i></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Gallen_frank" title="St. Gallen frank">St. Gallen frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon_franc" title="Saint Pierre and Miquelon franc">Saint Pierre and Miquelon franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schaffhausen_frank" title="Schaffhausen frank">Schaffhausen frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schwyz_frank" title="Schwyz frank">Schwyz frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solothurn_frank" title="Solothurn frank">Solothurn frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurgau_frank" title="Thurgau frank">Thurgau frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ticino_franco" class="mw-redirect" title="Ticino franco">Ticino franco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togolese_franc" title="Togolese franc">Togolese franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_franc" title="Tunisian franc">Tunisian franc</a> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">فرنك</span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unterwalden_frank" title="Unterwalden frank">Unterwalden frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uri_frank" title="Uri frank">Uri frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AM-Franc" title="AM-Franc">US occupation franc</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(unofficial)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaud_franc" title="Vaud franc">Vaud franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vlor%C3%AB_frank" title="Vlorë frank">Vlorë 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