Franc Farewell: France bids adieu to former money (AP)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]AP - Six centuries after the first one was minted and a decade after they went out of circulation, the last French francs are being exchanged for euros, severing France's final link to its former national currency. The franc's end, however, comes as the euro suffers the worst crisis since its creation.

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