Sentence examples for francs which from inspiring English sources

Unlike Monaco's francs, which are not legal tender in France, the lire of San Marino and the Vatican are good throughout Italy.

Surrounded by Switzerland, it pays its staff in Swiss francs, which have strengthened against the euro.

With a glass of gamay, the meal for two came to 36 francs, which seemed reasonable at the time.

Within hours, he called the boy's parents and demanded a ransom of one million francs, which they could not pay.

The amount demanded was 150 million francs, later reduced to 90 million francs, which amounted to more than twice the economic capital of the nascent country.

Bernard Arnault took over the Boussac group at a personal cost of forty million francs, which was a fraction of the "immediate resale value of the assets".

Each of the world's major players formed self-sufficient economic blocs as the depression wore on, including the U.S.-led dollar bloc; the Japanese Co-Prosperity Sphere; the Zone Franc, which linked France and West Africa, and the British sterling bloc, which tied London and its colonies in a protectionist bond.

One sign of France's continued influence over its former colonies is the CFA franc, which is pegged to the euro with the financial backing of the French treasury.

It was a fixed exchange rate mechanism, based on the franc, which excluded bank notes.

Senegal's currency is the CFA franc, which has been officially pegged to the euro since 2002.

Togo's currency is the CFA franc, which has been officially pegged to the euro since 2002.