French franc

Summary

French franc is an obsolete currency^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of obsolete_currency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,141 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• French franc's image is recorded as 1Franc1999.jpg^[3].
• French franc's instance of is recorded as obsolete currency^[4].
• French franc's GND ID is recorded as 4193272-9^[5].
• French franc's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh00002026^[6].
• French franc's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119315065^[7].
• French franc's subclass of is recorded as franc^[8].
• French franc's Commons category is recorded as French franc^[9].
• French franc's currency sign is recorded as franc sign^[10].
• French franc's ISO 4217 code is recorded as FRF^[11].
• French franc's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 32467^[12].
• French franc's central bank/issuer is recorded as Bank of France^[13].
• French franc's start time is recorded as +1795-04-07T00:00:00Z^[14].
• French franc's end time is recorded as +2002-02-18T00:00:00Z^[15].
• French franc's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0298sr^[16].
• French franc's topic's main category is recorded as Category:French franc^[17].
• French franc's Commons gallery is recorded as French franc^[18].
• French franc's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as France^[19].
• French franc's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 332.4944^[20].
• French franc's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0184778^[21].
• French franc's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• French franc's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• French franc's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[24].
• French franc's replaces is recorded as French livre^[25].
• French franc's replaced by is recorded as euro^[26].
• French franc's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'franc'}^[27].

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Cultural Impact

Things named for French franc include gold franc^[28], an obsolete currency^[29], in worldwide^[30].

Why It Matters

French franc ranks in the top 3% of obsolete_currency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,141 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include gold franc^[28], an obsolete currency^[29], in worldwide^[30].