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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1235223, member: 39"]What I also find interesting is that Russia, the US and France were the first countries that went decimal. France (re-)introduced the franc, as the base of a decimal currency, in 1795. A little later, in 1803, Napoleon (then First Consul of the Republic) introduced the Franc Germinal. The name is derived from the month when the according act, which created a gold and silver standard for the franc, became law. <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/LE_CONSULAT_5_francs_Bonaparte_Premier_Consul_An_XI.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/LE_CONSULAT_5_francs_Bonaparte_Premier_Consul_An_XI.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/LE_CONSULAT_5_francs_Bonaparte_Premier_Consul_An_XI.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>200 years later both Belgium and France issued collector coins that honored this Franc Germinal:</p><p>(Belgium) <a href="http://www.muenzen-shops.de/witte/pic/00000154.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.muenzen-shops.de/witte/pic/00000154.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.muenzen-shops.de/witte/pic/00000154.jpg</a></p><p>(France/rev) <a href="http://www.lemonete.com/index/catalogo/Euro/EuroCommemorativo/ImmaginiEuroCommemorativo/Francia/ORO/1-4_Euro_Franco%20Germinal-retro.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lemonete.com/index/catalogo/Euro/EuroCommemorativo/ImmaginiEuroCommemorativo/Francia/ORO/1-4_Euro_Franco%20Germinal-retro.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.lemonete.com/index/catalogo/Euro/EuroCommemorativo/ImmaginiEuroCommemorativo/Francia/ORO/1-4_Euro_Franco Germinal-retro.jpg</a></p><p>(France/obv) <a href="http://www.lemonete.com/index/catalogo/Euro/EuroCommemorativo/ImmaginiEuroCommemorativo/Francia/ORO/1-4_Euro_Franco%20Germinal-fronte.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lemonete.com/index/catalogo/Euro/EuroCommemorativo/ImmaginiEuroCommemorativo/Francia/ORO/1-4_Euro_Franco%20Germinal-fronte.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.lemonete.com/index/catalogo/Euro/EuroCommemorativo/ImmaginiEuroCommemorativo/Francia/ORO/1-4_Euro_Franco Germinal-fronte.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1235223, member: 39"]What I also find interesting is that Russia, the US and France were the first countries that went decimal. France (re-)introduced the franc, as the base of a decimal currency, in 1795. A little later, in 1803, Napoleon (then First Consul of the Republic) introduced the Franc Germinal. The name is derived from the month when the according act, which created a gold and silver standard for the franc, became law. [url]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/LE_CONSULAT_5_francs_Bonaparte_Premier_Consul_An_XI.jpg[/url] 200 years later both Belgium and France issued collector coins that honored this Franc Germinal: (Belgium) [url]http://www.muenzen-shops.de/witte/pic/00000154.jpg[/url] (France/rev) [url]http://www.lemonete.com/index/catalogo/Euro/EuroCommemorativo/ImmaginiEuroCommemorativo/Francia/ORO/1-4_Euro_Franco%20Germinal-retro.jpg[/url] (France/obv) [url]http://www.lemonete.com/index/catalogo/Euro/EuroCommemorativo/ImmaginiEuroCommemorativo/Francia/ORO/1-4_Euro_Franco%20Germinal-fronte.jpg[/url] Christian[/QUOTE]
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