Talk:Franc

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It's great that we have such good pictures of the franc coins. If someone still has them, images of the relevant (pre euro) franc notes would also be a valuable addition, I think. We already do something similar for other currencies such as Euro banknote and United States dollar. -- Finlay McWalter 14:56, 5 Nov 2003 (UTC)

The French Franc banknotes along with the notes of all the other legacy currencies are available online at the European Central Bank at this address: [1] --Neal ricketts 23:13, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] French franc, Belgian franc, etc

I would be good to have a page on each former Euro currency, detailing history and withdrawl. The Irish pound page is a good example. Seabhcán 11:10, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC) --69.138.38.64 03:38, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] female image on coin

Is it true that the female image on the coin is modelled on different women? And this changes over time? Has Bridget Bardot been represented on a coin? Lentisco 05:52, 13 May 2006 (UTC) --> answer : no, it's the bust of Marianne which is modelled on famous french women : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne

(quote) ... or from the French franc, meaning "free" (and "frank"). Should be Old French or old Dutch probably? 80.127.115.114 12:38, 29 August 2006 (UTC) --> "Franc" = frank, free, open... in french