Under that law, the franc coin would contain 4.5 grams of silver and 0.5 of alloy metal ... Explore More: 10 of the Most Valuable Pennies Today, many French coins prized by dealers and collectors ...

A silver coin minted by a French bishop in the 13th Century and transformed into a gilded brooch has turned up in a field in north Norfolk. The discovery was made by a metal detectorist in a rural ...

NEBRASKA CITY - A Jefferson nickel, French coins and a collection of 123 Indian head pennies highlighted the Nebraska City ...

The end times have come at the Scottsdale Mint, and it looks beautiful. The U.S. private mint has released the final two ...

As CoinValueLookup noted, French coinage has a long and tumultuous ... as legal currency and replaced it with the silver ecu and gold Louis coins. However, the term “franc” remained in use ...

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.