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| - | The '''franc''' ([[currency sign|sign]]: '''₣''', commonly also '''FF''' or '''F''') was a [[currency]] of [[France]]. Along with the [[Spanish peseta]], it was also a [[de facto currency|''de facto'' currency]] used in [[Andorra]] (which had no national currency with legal tender). Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 [[livre tournois]] and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money. It was re-introduced (in [[French livre|decimal form]]) in 1795 and remained the national currency until the introduction of the [[euro]] in 1999 (for accounting purposes) and 2002 (coins and banknotes). | + | The '''euro''' ([[currency sign|sign]]: '''[[euro sign|€]]'''; [[ISO 4217|code]]: '''EUR''') is the official currency of 19 of the {{EUnum}} [[Member state of the European Union|member states]] of the [[European Union]]. This group of states is known as the [[eurozone]] or euro area, and counts about 343 million citizens. |
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The euro (sign: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 of the Template:EUnum member states of the European Union. This group of states is known as the eurozone or euro area, and counts about 343 million citizens.
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