Gold franc
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The gold franc was the unit of account for the Bank for International Settlements from 1930 until April 1, 2003. It was replaced with the Special Drawing Right. It originated as a fork of the Swiss franc, and remained at the value the Swiss franc was pegged (0.29g/fine gold) after the Swiss franc came off the gold standard.
Currencies named franc or similar | |
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Current | Burundian franc · CFA franc (Central African CFA franc · West African CFA franc) · CFP franc · Comorian franc · Congolese franc · Djiboutian franc · Guinean franc · Liechtenstein frank · Rwandan franc · Swiss franc · UIC franc |
Defunct | Algerian franc · Belgian franc · Cambodian franc · French Camerounian franc · French franc · Katangan franc · Gold franc · Luxembourgish franc · Malagasy franc · Malian franc · Monegasque franc · Moroccan franc · New Hebrides franc · Réunion franc · Rwanda and Burundi franc · Saar franc · Tunisian franc · Westphalian Frank |
Hypothetical | US occupation franc |