The French currency before 2002 was the French franc. Since then it is the Euro.
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.
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The French Monk was actually named pope right before and his name was Pope Eugene III he called for it in 1147.
The French currency before 2002 was the French franc. Since then it is the Euro.
French money used to be called the franc. The franc was the currency of France before it was replaced by the euro in 2002. The franc was subdivided into centimes.
The French currency before 2001 was the French franc (FF). It was phased out in 2001.
The currency in France used to be the franc. The currency has since changed, and France now uses the euro.
France adopted Euro as its currency in 1999. Before adopting Euro the French currency was French Francs. Euro is adopted by 18 of 28 member countries of European union.
The Franc
the French currency before the Euro was the franc (officially the 'French Franc', symbol FF). The subdivision was the 'centime' and was of trifle value. The French Franc were phased out throughout the year 2001 and replaced by the Euro. The exchange rate was 6.55957 FF for one Euro.
France adopted the Euro during the year 2001. Before that the French currency was the French Franc.
The French currency before the euro was the french frank.
The official currency of France is the Euro (€) since 2002, before that it was the French Franc (FRF).
In France in the 1920s the currency was called the French Franc. In England the currency was called the Pound Sterling. As you can see you need to be more specific about which country's currency you want to know about.
Before the Euro, the French used the French franc. It was phased out in 2001.