Re: Francs Old & New


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Posted by RichardG on September 05, 2003 at 09:52:06 from 81.136.44.241 user RichardG.

In Reply to: Re: I thought you were metric in England posted by Peter Ceresole on September 04, 2003 at 19:27:29:

Peter - do you really mean "Old Francs" - they were abolished by de Gaulle's government in the late fifties or early sixties when they created the "New Franc", worth 100 of the old. If people are still using them to compare prices, it would be like people in Britain using farthings.

Having been in Normandy last week, I was interested to see that many receipts showed a € price with a Franc price underneath, presumably for comparative purposes. I wonder how long that will continue ?


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