French franc (Latin Monetary Union)

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currency unit gold standard monetary standard silver standard

The French franc of the Latin Monetary Union was a 19th–20th century gold and silver-based currency standard that served as the reference unit for several European currencies, including the Italian lira.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
French franc	39
French franc (Latin Monetary Union) canonical	3
Belgian franc	1
French franc (post–Latin Monetary Union national currency)	1
franc	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	currency unit ⓘ gold standard ⓘ monetary standard ⓘ silver standard ⓘ
basisOf	Latin Monetary Union currency system ⓘ
category	European currency history ⓘ historical currency ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
denominationName	French franc (Latin Monetary Union) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: franc
historicalStatus	obsolete currency standard ⓘ
influenced	monetary policy in member states of the Latin Monetary Union ⓘ
introducedFor	harmonization of European coinage ⓘ
legalTenderIn	France ⓘ surface form: France (Latin Monetary Union period)
metalStandard	gold ⓘ silver ⓘ
monetaryRole	anchor currency of the Latin Monetary Union ⓘ
monetarySystemType	bimetallic standard ⓘ
monetaryUnion	Latin Monetary Union ⓘ
referenceForExchangeRates	Belgian franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ Greek drachma (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ Italian lira ⓘ surface form: Italian lira (Latin Monetary Union) Swiss franc ⓘ surface form: Swiss franc (Latin Monetary Union)
region	Europe ⓘ
servedAs	reference unit for several European currencies ⓘ
standardizedBy	Latin Monetary Union ⓘ surface form: Latin Monetary Union treaty
subunit	centime ⓘ
successorCurrency	French franc (Latin Monetary Union) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: French franc (post–Latin Monetary Union national currency) euro (indirectly, via later French franc) ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
usedAsReferenceBy	French franc (Latin Monetary Union) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Belgian franc Greek drachma (LMU) ⓘ Italian lira ⓘ Swiss franc ⓘ
usedFor	international trade settlements among Latin Monetary Union members ⓘ
usedIn	France ⓘ
valuationBasis	fixed weight of gold ⓘ fixed weight of silver ⓘ

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Input

Subject: French franc (Latin Monetary Union)
Description of subject: The French franc of the Latin Monetary Union was a 19th–20th century gold and silver-based currency standard that served as the reference unit for several European currencies, including the Italian lira.

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italian lira → peggedTo → French franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ

French franc (Latin Monetary Union) → usedAsReferenceBy → French franc (Latin Monetary Union) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Belgian franc

French franc (Latin Monetary Union) → denominationName → French franc (Latin Monetary Union) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: franc

French franc (Latin Monetary Union) → successorCurrency → French franc (Latin Monetary Union) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: French franc (post–Latin Monetary Union national currency)

Napoleonic Italian lira → modeledOn → French franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ