Gordon Sinclair

When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.

Canadian Journalist

Porter Stansberry

Measuring the oil industry in dollars gives you a very warped view. Pick a sound currency such as Swiss francs or gold grams and look at the oil business through that lens.

American Publisher

Paul Scofield

A book is worth a few francs; we Germans can afford to destroy those. We all may not appreciate artistic merit, but cash value is another matter.

British Actor

Ingvar Kamprad

We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.

Swedish Businessman

Camille Claudel

Send me one hundred francs on our future deals, otherwise I will disappear in a cataclysm.

French Sculptor

Franc is not only used in France; it’s also money for some other countries.

Countries Using Franc

The franc used to be the official French currency before the euro.

Historical Currency

The French franc is no longer in use, it was replaced by the euro in 2002.

French Franc Obsolete

Franc as a plant is less known than its monetary counterpart.

Botanical Identification

Don't confuse franc the plant with franc the currency when reading.

Not a Currency

Franc flowers are found in North America, often in the wild.

Ecological Occurrence

 and made her way to the city armed with a false passport, a pistol and a few French francs. But her network was compromised. Within a week of her deployment, all her fellow agents were arrested, and Noor was called home.

From pacifist to spy:...

 and then on a computer terminal in front of you, enter the number of times tails came up. This is the situation. Here's the rub. For every time that you announce that you had a tails throw, you get paid five francs.

What really motivates...

 exchange sells them for Bitcoin and converts the Bitcoin into francs that are deposited into his mother's wand and bank account so as you can imagine there's highly targeted highly liquid