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.

France's national currency may be disappearing with scarcely a whimper, but it was born in a Gallic flourish of defiance against the English Kings during the Hundred Years War. In French the word ...

The French franc slipped into history to be replaced entirely by the euro. You sent us your memories of the currency. I was very impressed with the franc notes when I first saw them not so long ago. I ...

Roger Federer is set to become the first living person to be minted on a Swiss coin. The government has said it will produce a 20 franc silver coin with the 20-time Grand Slam champion's face on it. A ...