Money of France

country Monetary unit - franc (FRF). The national currency quotation.

The Franc France conducts the family tree from gold coins with Latin inscription Frankorum rex (i.e. the king of francs), released specially for the repayment of king John of II Kind, taken prisoner to Englishmen in fight at Poitiers in 1356. Till 1799 in France monetary unit was livr (=20 ñó=240 the denier), on change to which has come franc. Paper bank notes have appeared in this country one of first in Europe in 1701.

In the late sixties the Bank of France has got down to exhaustion of a series of the notes used nowadays. In the early eighties the denomination was affiliated to them with Charles Lui Montesquieu's image 200-frankovaja. Since 1993 the Bank of France has got down to exhaustion in the circulation of denominations of the new sample with images great fratsuzov the XX-th centuries and gradual changing banknotov the old sample with images of scientists, literatures and arts of Republic of former centuries. First have changed 50 francs on notes of the same nominal value, the so-called Small prince with a portrait of the writer and pilot Sent-Ekzjuperi. Has not carried released in 1995 200-frankovym to denominations with the image of originators sinematografa brothers Ljumer. They should be withdrawn from circulation - the dark past of their biographies - cooperation with profashistkim the government of Vichy was found out. Thus now in circulation there are notes in 50 (two series), 100, 200 and 500 francs. 50-frankovye denominations of 1976 of exhaustion meet seldom as are gradually changed with notes of analogous dignity (the Small prince). The denominations prohibited to exportation from the country are not present.

The Franc France refers to to is hard also to fairly steady currencies of the world. To purchase the French bank notes it is better beforehand in Moscow. Your economy thus at the expense of the best difference of headings FRF and $ in Moscow and Paris can compound from $   50 to $   80 on each one thousand US dollars. Importation and outflow of foreign exchange on frantsuzkim to currency rules is not restricted. More than 80 000 francs are necessary to declare the sums. Under traveller's cheques it is possible to gain daily to 1 400 FRF. To change HARD CURRENCY in Paris it is more favourable in branches of major banks. In intercharge points not only more low a heading, but also various dodges, raschityvaja on a carelessness of tourists are still applied. So, on a sign-board the tempting exchange rate for you, for example, is indicated, and is below small attributed We sell, that is is a heading of sale. If you, not setting superfluous questions, change the dollars for francs will appear suddenly with much smaller sum, than that for which counted. And to correct a rule already it is impossible - anatropic operation will be also for you unprofitable as it will be already effected at the rate of purchasing of dollars. Thus, at a double exchange of a large amount, you, that is called on an equal place can lose the fair sum of the money.

However the present troubles will begin, if you on the arm have some false French notes (aboriginal sources assert, that can palm off a forgery on you even in bank department), and you will try to sell them in the same way. According to paper 442-7  French UK, you should not use meaningly a counterfeit money and are obliged to hand over a fake in Bangue de France or in any bank agency, gendarmerie or a police commissariat. Otherwise, you can podvergutsja to the fine in 10  thousand francs.