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The franc is any of various units of currency.One franc is typically divided into 100 centimes.The name is said to derive from the Latin inscription francorum rex (King of the Franks) used on early French coins and until the 18th century, or from the French franc, meaning "frank" (and "free" in certain contexts, such as coup franc, "free kick").
The franc (/ f r æ ŋ k /; French: franc français, [fʁɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; sign: F or Fr), [n 2] also commonly distinguished as the French franc (FF), was a currency of France.Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money.
Congolese franc: FC CDF Centime: 100 Congo, Republic of the: Central African CFA franc: F.CFA XAF Centime: 100 Cook Islands: Cook Islands dollar $ (none) Cent: 100 New Zealand dollar $ NZD Cent: 100 Costa Rica: Costa Rican colón ₡ CRC Céntimo: 100 Côte d'Ivoire: West African CFA franc: F.CFA XOF Centime: 100 Croatia: Euro € EUR Cent: 100 ...
Swiss German (one selection, terms vary in different dialects):; Füfräppler for a 5 centimes coin; Zëhräppler for a 10 centimes coin; Zwänzgräppler for a 20 centimes coin; [1] Stutz [2] or Franke [3] for a 1 franc coin or change in general; Füüfliiber for a 5 francs coin; [4] Rappe and Batze are specifically used for coin below 1 franc, but also figuratively for change in general [5] [6]
There are coins in denominations of 5 centimes, 10 centimes, 20 centimes, 1 ⁄ 2 franc (50 centimes), 1 franc, 2 francs, and 5 francs. [ 2 ] All coins have the legend of either Helvetia or Confœderatio Helvetica , the Latin name of the Swiss Confederation , along with the year number.
« Je te parie cent sous contre un franc » ("I bet you 100 sous (5 francs) for 1 franc"), meaning "I am sure about (whatever the topic is)". « Un sou est un sou », there is no small profit, equivalent to "a penny saved is a penny earned". « Sou par sou » or « sou à sou », little by little.
The coins were originally minted in two denominations, 20 and 40 francs for Napoléon Bonaparte. The 40-franc gold piece did not become popular. [8] The 20 franc coins are 21 mm in diameter (about the size of a U.S. five-cent piece or a Swiss 20 Rappen coin), weigh 6.45 grams (gross weight) and; at 90% pure, contain 0.1867 troy ounces (5.807 g) of pure gold.
The ninth series of the Swiss franc, currently in circulation. As of 2022, the Swiss 1000-franc banknote is the world's 2nd highest value currently-issued banknote, after the Brunei $10,000 bill (worth around 6,900 Swiss francs in 2022), followed by the Singapore $1,000 note (worth around 678 CHF) and the 500 euro note (worth around 490 CHF), was demonetised.