Sentence examples for franc notes from inspiring English sources

As Ms. Hamon noted, the franc notes and coins were varied and beautiful.

Dicko slipped 10,000 franc notes – enough to feed a small family for a week – to a few needy souls.

The central bank estimates that even after Friday's deadline, around half a billion euros worth of old franc notes will remain in the wild, unexchanged and henceforth worthless.

Marc Attal, who is the president of the local shops, said: "Until 31 March we accept exchangeable franc notes for every purchase".

But he also asked shoppers not to burden retailers by using the largest denomination franc notes and to make more use of checks and credit cards.

Armored trucks delivered stacks of 500 franc notes, with each note worth about $70, every month to his office on the Left Bank.

The €500 note, worth around £389 at current rates, is one of the highest-value banknotes in the world, along with the Swiss 1,000 franc note (£707).

The only time she felt embarrassed by her father as a child, she says, was when he burnt a 500 franc note on live television.

It was in this year that Gainsbourg burned a 500 franc note live on French TV in a protest against heavy taxation.

Toward the end of his life, however, his image as a national treasure was increasingly tarnished by his alter ego, an unsavory character called Gainsbarre who regularly appeared on live television inebriated, infamously burning a 500 franc note (a statement against French tax laws) or making lewd comments to a young Whitney Houston.

He accedes, understanding that his reward will be a much-needed 500 franc note.