If you travel to France these days, you’ll be dealing in European currency rather than French currency. That’s been the case since 2000, when the country adopted the euro as its official currency.

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About 300 years later, King Louis XII abolished the franc as legal currency and replaced it with the silver ecu and gold Louis coins. However, the term “franc” remained in use for many years ...