Before euros, the french curerency was called Francs. Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of the coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money. It was re-introduced in decimal form in 1795 and remained the national currency until the introduction of the euro in 1999 (for accounting purposes) and in 2002 (coins and banknotes). It was a commonly held national reserve currency in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The French Monk was actually named pope right before and his name was Pope Eugene III he called for it in 1147.
Renminbi is the yinpin for 人民币 (people's currency), the name of the currency while yuan is the unit of China's currency. 1 RMB = 1 yuan.
The two French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet explored the Illinois River in 1673. However it wasn't until 1680 before anyone settled there.
The Cuban peso is the national currency of Cuba.
The mark was the currency of Germany until 2002 when the country switched to the euro as part of economic consolidation within the E.U. Marks can no longer be spent in Germany but they can be exchanged for euros at some larger banks.Answer 2Currently, only one country has a Mark as currency, that is Bosnia and Herzegovina.The full official name of the currency is "Convertible Mark" (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian Latin: konvertibilna marka, Serbian Cyrillic: конвертибилна марка).Historically, other countries have had currencies called Mark:German gold mark, coinage of the German Empire from 1873 to 1914.German Papiermark, German coinage from 1914 to 1929.Rentenmark, German temporary currency 1923 to 1924.German Reichsmark, German coinage from 1924 to 1948.Deutsche Mark, official currency of Germany from 1948 to 2001. Since 2002 Germany has used the Euro (€).East German Mark, official currency of the German Democratic Republic from 1948 to 1990.Polish marka, Polish currency from 1917 to 1924.Finnish markka, mark in Swedish, official currency of Finland from 1860 to 2001. Since 2002 Finland has used the Euro (€).Estonian mark, Estonian currency from 1919 to 1928.
The currency of France is called the Euro. 1 U.S. dollar is approximately 0.7 euros.
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The currency in France used to be the franc. The currency has since changed, and France now uses the euro.
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"francs" was the name of the French currency before the Euro. It was also the name of the Gaulish tribe after which the country was named.
You can use both Euros and Francs in France
You can get currency conversions by doing an online search. in the search box, type the amount in the first currency, the currency name, the word "in" and then the currency you want to convert to. Example: 500 euros in dollars or 500 dollars in euros etc. then press enter or click go.
France, Belgium, Italy and Germany.
The currency of France before 2002 was the French Franc. The franc was abolished in 2002 and replaced by the Euro at the rate of €1 = 6.55957 francs. The subdivision of the franc was the centime, 1 franc = 100 centimes. The name 'centime' is also used in French for the subdivision of the Euro, €1 = 100 centimes.
The Euro is the currency of France and most all the other European countries. It replaced the French francs, called "francs français" in French, which were phased out in 2001.
Before the advent of the Euro in Spain the currency was the Peseta.
The currency of France before 2002 was the French Franc.The franc was abolished in 2002 and replaced by the Euro at the rate of €1 = 6.55957 francs. The subdivision of the franc was the centime, 1 franc = 100 centimes. The name 'centime' is also used in French for the subdivision of the Euro, €1 = 100 centimes.France used the franc as its currency up till 2002.