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To: RipSawyer

In January 1960 the French franc was revalued, with 100 existing francs making one nouveau franc.

To offset massive inflation due to government money printing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_franc#New_franc


30 posted on 07/22/2015 10:44:18 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

I was on liberty in France in ‘64 and in ‘65, I know there were two values, it’s been a long time so I guess I didn’t recall the ratio correctly.


33 posted on 07/22/2015 1:10:56 PM PDT by RipSawyer (Racism is racism, regardless of the race of the racist.)
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