If you travel to France these days, you’ll be dealing in European currency rather than French currency. That’s been the case since 2000, when the country adopted the euro as its official currency.

In French the word "franc" means "free", and it was the name given to a gold coin minted in 1360 to celebrate the freedom of King John the Good after four years in captivity. France used it to pay, in ...

Yesterday's AM fix this morning was USD 1,590.25, EUR 1,245.20 ... gold franc. Under the proposal, which will be debated in the lower house’s economic panel in Bern today, one coin in gold ...

The .1867-ounce gold coin is worth an estimated $225 to $275, the Salvation Army said. It is a French 20 Franc Gold Angel coin from 1889. "The quote on the envelope the coin came in read ...