Sentence examples for French coin from inspiring English sources

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There was a Yves Saint Laurent suit ($249), a two-piece Liz Claiborne pantsuit and blazer ($150), an 1815 bronze coin from Britain ($22) and a French coin from 1793 ($10).

It includes a Roman coin from 215AD, on which the Christian "chi-rho" symbol has been scratched behind the emperor's head; a French coin from 1855 overstamped with an advertisement for Pears Soap; and a 1903 British penny on which Edward VII's face has been stamped with "Votes for women" by suffragettes (all pictured).

Franc, originally a French coin but now the monetary unit of a number of countries, notably Switzerland, most French and former Belgian overseas territories, and some African states; at one time it was also the currency of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

I poured all my French coins into a pocket along with a wad of paper money, found the tall wheeled market basket left by the homeowner, and set off.

Thanks to the imaginative former French President, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, a fine history-redolent name already had been given to the mechanism that would lead to the single currency, the "Ecu," which meant "European currency union," and happily was also a French proper name, given during the 17th and 18th centuries to a series of small gold or silver French coins.

Frenzied speculation in the company's shares, a Gallic parallel of the South Sea Bubble that puffed up the British market over the same period, generated so much paper wealth in Paris that the French coined a word for the newly rich hordes: "millionaire".

Smart cards have already replaced French coins in many aspects of everyday life, and that's good news.

French coins are heavy, and you need a lot of them, since the 20-franc note (worth about $3.20) is the smallest bill.

For the obverse of the new coins, Leech suggested a depiction of Liberty similar to that on the French coins of the period; he was content that the current reverses be continued.

He also proposed designs for a Lincoln half dollar, with the late president to appear on one side, and a standing Liberty design almost identical to the obverse of the same French coins.