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The value of the new French franc, in 2007 euros. Years shaded in light blue indicate fixed exchange rate to the euro. In January 1960 the French franc was revalued, with 100 existing francs making one nouveau franc. [16] The abbreviation "NF" was used on the 1958 design banknotes until 1963.
The 500 and 5000 franc notes have had the state title since their introductions. The 100 franc notes were replaced by coins in 1976. In 1985, 10,000 franc notes common to all the French Pacific Territories were introduced. Between 1992 and 1996, the remaining 500, 1000 and 5000 franc denominations were replaced with a similarly common design.
Usage of: West African CFA franc Central African CFA franc The West African CFA franc (French: franc CFA or simply franc, ISO 4217 code: XOF; abbreviation: F.CFA) is the currency used by eight independent states in West Africa which make up the West African Economic and Monetary Union: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
The currency was pegged to the French franc (F) at F.CFA 1 = 2 French francs from 1948, becoming F.CFA 1 = NF 0.02 after introduction of the new franc at 1 new franc = 100 old francs. In 1994 the currency was devalued by half to F.CFA 1 = F 0.01.
Although Réunion's paper money was stamped with the equivalent value in new francs from 1960, the new franc did not replace the Réunion franc until 1975, [2] when French currency replaced Réunion's at a rate of 1 French (new) franc = 50 Réunion (CFA) francs.
The 500 and 5000 franc notes have had the state title since their introductions. The 100 franc notes were replaced by coins in 1976. In 1985, 10,000 franc notes common to all the French Pacific Territories were introduced. These were followed, between 1992 and 1996, by 500, 1000 and 5000 franc notes for all of the French Pacific Territories.
The new zaire (French: nouveau zaïre), symbol "NZ", ISO 4217 code ZRN, replaced the first zaire in 1993 at an exchange rate of 1 new zaire = 3,000,000 old zaires. It was subdivided into 100 new makuta (symbol: "NK"). This currency was only issued in banknote form and suffered from extremely high inflation to its predecessor until 1997.
In 1950, the French government took over majority ownership of the Banque de Madagascar et des Comores. On 1 January 1960, the French franc was redenominated, with 100 old francs becoming 1 new franc. (Décret n°59-1450 du 22 décembre 1959) The new exchange rate was 1 Madagascar-Comores CFA franc = 0.02 French francs (50 Madagascar-Comores ...