Learn more about the legacy of the French franc, its historical role before the euro, along with its transition to European ...

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.

France's national currency may be disappearing with scarcely a whimper, but it was born in a Gallic flourish of defiance against the English Kings during the Hundred Years War. In French the word ...

France bid farewell to its national currency, the franc, Sunday. As of midnight in France, the euro will be the only legal currency for all transactions. The French franc spent a quiet last day as ...